WoRMS taxon details
Flabelligena Gillet, 2001
325157 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325157)
accepted
Genus
Flabelligella cirrata Hartman & Fauchald, 1971 accepted as Flabelligena cirrata (Hartman & Fauchald, 1971) (type by original designation)
- Species Flabelligena amoureuxi Gillet, 2001
- Species Flabelligena biscayensis (Kolmer, 1985)
- Species Flabelligena cirrata (Hartman & Fauchald, 1971)
- Species Flabelligena erratica (Orensanz, 1974)
- Species Flabelligena gascognensis Aguirrezabalaga & Ceberio, 2006
- Species Flabelligena hakuhoae Jimi in Jimi et al., 2020
- Species Flabelligena mediterranea (Kolmer, 1985)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Gillet, Patrick. (2001). <i>Flabelligena amoureuxi</i> new genus, new species (Polychaeta: Acrocirridae) from Crozet Islands (Indian Ocean). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 68(1): 125-131., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2001/00000068/00000001/art00012
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Etymology Not stated. Unknown.
Etymology Not stated. Unknown. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Flabelligena Gillet, 2001. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325157 on 2026-03-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Gillet, Patrick. (2001). <i>Flabelligena amoureuxi</i> new genus, new species (Polychaeta: Acrocirridae) from Crozet Islands (Indian Ocean). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 68(1): 125-131., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2001/00000068/00000001/art00012
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Aguirrezabalaga, F.; Ceberio, A. (2006). <i>Flabelligena gascognensis</i> sp. nov. (Polychaeta: Acrocirridae), a new species from the Capbreton Canyon (Bay of Biscay, NE Atlantic). <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 70S1: 141-147., available online at http://www.icm.csic.es/scimar/index.php/secId/6/IdArt/133/
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Diagnosis Acrocirrids with prostomium without cephalic cage, anterior region retractile and lacking distinct body regions. With various (1-3) pairs of branchiae. Neuropodia have composite falcigerous chaetae and notopodia have simple spinulose or serrated, not cross-barred chaetae. (Aguirrezabalaga & Ceberio, 2006: 146). [details]Etymology Not stated. Unknown. [details]
Grammatical gender Indirectly indicated to be feminine. The gender was not stated, but is assumed to be feminine as Gillet presents the type species as Flabelligena cirrata (Hartman and Fauchald, 1971, where he has recombined the Hartman & Fauchald species from Flabelligella without changing the suffix of 'cirrata'. Gillet's new species name, 'amoureuxi' is a noun genitive so provides no information on the gender of Flabelligena. [details]
