Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Terebellida > Suborder Cirratuliformia > Family Flabelligeridae

Flabelligera Sars, 1829

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Siphonostoma*	Otto, 1821	junior homonym
*Siphostoma*	Otto, 1820	junior homonym
*Siphonostoma*	[incorrectly as Rathke, 1843]	synonym

Children

Flabelligera affinis M. Sars, 1829
Flabelligera biscayensis Kolmer, 1985
Flabelligera diplochaitus (Otto, 1820)
Flabelligera infundibularis Johnson, 1901

Literature

additional source	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.
additional source	Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.
redescription	Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2012). Revision of Flabelligera Sars, 1829 (Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae). Zootaxa. 3203(1): 1-64.
identification resource	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.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Flabelligera Sars, 1829. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129291