Flabelligera

Flabelligera
Flabelligera affinis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Clade:	Pleistoannelida
Clade:	Sedentaria
Order:	Terebellida
Family:	Flabelligeridae
Genus:	Flabelligera Sars, 1829
Type species
Flabelligera affinis Sars 1829

Flabelligera is a genus of polychaetes in the family Flabelligeridae. Species are common around the world, in both temperate and cold waters. ^{[1] [2]} Flabelligera species have long, club-like papillae, which are encased in a smooth mucus sheath. ^{[1] [3] [4]} They also have a distinct cephalic cage (a fan-like arrangement of chaetae around the head), and hooked neurochaeatae (ventral chaetae) which they use to hold onto rocks. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Flabelligera species are preyed on by a number of fish. ^[7] They are most often found in waters with a temperature between 6.3 and 12.9 °C. ^[8]

Species list

• Flabelligera affinis, the flabby bristle-worm ^[9] Sars, 1829
• Flabelligera bicolor (Schmarda, 1824)
• Flabelligera biscayensis Kolmer, 1985
• Flabelligera bophortica Annenkova-Chlopina, 1924
• Flabelligera diplochaetus (Otto, 1820)
• Flabelligera gourdoni Gravier, 1906
• Flabelligera grubei (Webster & Benedict, 1887)
• Flabelligera haswelli Salazar-Vallejo, 2012
• Flabelligera infundabularis, the sheathed bristle-cage worm ^[10] Johnson, 1901
• Flabelligera japonica Jimi, Hasegawa, Taru, Oya, Kohtsuka, Tsuchida, Fujiwara & Woo, 2022
• Flabelligera kaimeiae Jimi, Hasegawa, Taru, Oya, Kohtsuka, Tsuchida, Fujiwara & Woo, 2022
• Flabelligera kajiharai Jimi, Hasegawa, Taru, Oya, Kohtsuka, Tsuchida, Fujiwara & Woo, 2022
• Flabelligera kozaensis Jimi, Hasegawa, Taru, Oya, Kohtsuka, Tsuchida, Fujiwara & Woo, 2022
• Flabelligera luctator (Stimpson, 1855)
• Flabelligera multipapillata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
• Flabelligera nuniezi Salazar-Vallejo, 2012
• Flabelligera orensanzi Salazar-Vallejo, 2012
• Flabelligera pennigera Ehlers, 1908
• Flabelligera pergamentacea Ehlers, 1913
• Flabelligera picta Ehlers, 1913
• Flabelligera salazarae Salazar-Vallejo, 2012
• Flabelligera sekii Jimi, Hasegawa, Taru, Oya, Kohtsuka, Tsuchida, Fujiwara & Woo, 2022
• Flabelligera vaginifera (Rathke, 1843)

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References

1. Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2012-02-22). "Revision of Flabelligera Sars, 1829 (Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae)" . Zootaxa. 3203 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3203.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334.
2. "Flabelligera Sars, 1829 - Ocean Biodiversity Information System". obis.org. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
3. Fauchald, Kristian (1977). The polychaete worms. Definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. p. 117. hdl:10088/3435.Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series. 28:1–188.
4. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Service, U. S. Fish and Wildlife (1973). Circular / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [Washington]: The Service.
5. Jimi, Naoto; Hasegawa, Naohiro; Taru, Masanori; Oya, Yuki; Kohtsuka, Hisanori; Tsuchida, Shinji; Fujiwara, Yoshihiro; Woo, Sau Pinn (2022). "Five New Species of Flabelligera (Flabelligeridae: Annelida) from Japan". Species Diversity. 27 (1): 101–111. doi: 10.12782/specdiv.27.101 .
6. Oug, Eivind & Bakken, Torkild & Kongsrud, Jon. (2011). Guide to identification of Flabelligeridae (Polychaeta) in Norwegian and adjacent waters.
7. Global Biotic Interactions. What do flabelligera get eaten by? (Search)
8. "Flabelligera affinis | Encyclopedia of Puget Sound". www.eopugetsound.org. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
9. "Flabelligera affinis, Flabby bristle-worm". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
10. "Flabelligera infundibularis, Sheathed bristle-cage worm". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
11. "Flabelligera Sars 1829 names - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
12. "World Polychaeta Database - Flabelligera Sars, 1829". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-01-20.

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