Flabelligera | |
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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
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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. [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]
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Flabelligera | |
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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]
Media related to Flabelligera at Wikimedia Commons