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. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series. 28:1–188. They also have a distinct cephalic cage (a fan-like arrangement of chaetae around the head), and hooked neurochaetae (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 .
Species list
Flabelligera affinis, the flabby bristle-worm 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 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 mundata Gravier, 1906 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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