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Flabelligera
Sign in to saveFlabelligera is a genus of polychaetes in the family Flabelligeridae. Species are common around the world, in both temperate and cold waters. Flabelligera species have long, club-like papillae, which are encased in a smooth mucus sheath. 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumAnnelida
- ClassPolychaeta
- OrderTerebellida
- FamilyFlabelligeridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 75
- With media
- 17
- Family
- Flabelligeridae
- Collections
- USNM, SIO, CAS, GNM, AUM, NMV
- Recorded in
- United States, Venezuela, Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Iceland, Norway, China
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Flabelligeridae
- Image
- Flabby bristle-worm imported from iNaturalist photo 166035609 on 19 January 2023.jpg
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- taxon name
- Flabelligera
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Flabelligera
- taxon author citation
- Sars, 1829
- Commons category
- Flabelligera
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Flabelligera is a genus of polychaetes in the family Flabelligeridae. Species are common around the world, in both temperate and cold waters. Flabelligera species have long, club-like papillae, which are encased in a smooth mucus sheath. 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.
Flabelligera species are preyed on by a number of fish. They are most often found in waters with a temperature between 6.3 and 12.9 °C.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Flabelligera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.