- Source: Chloeia
Chloeia is a genus of marine polychaete worms.
Members of this genus are morphologically characterized by an elliptical body composed of certain number of segments, depending on the species, with external gills situated on both lateral sides of the back, each segment has a pair of them. Their number and repartition also depends on the species.
Lateral sides of the body are cover with fin, sharp and venomous whitish calcareous bristles or setae.
Adults of this genus are often colorful especially on the dorsum.
The locomotion is done by parapodia, every segment possesses a pair in bilateral position, from which are activated "paddles", one dorsally called notopodia and another one ventrally called neuropodia.
Chloeia's distribution is circumtropical. Most of the known species are found in the Indian and Pacific Ocean so only few species lives in the Atlantic Ocean.
List of species
There are 28 species in the genus Chloeia:
Chloeia amphora Horst, 1910
Chloeia australis Kudenov, 1993
Chloeia bengalensis Kinberg, 1867
Chloeia bistriata Grube, 1868
Chloeia candida Kinberg, 1857
Chloeia conspicua Horst, 1910
Chloeia egena Grube, 1855
Chloeia entypa Chamberlin, 1919
Chloeia flava (Pallas, 1766)
Chloeia furcigera Quatrefages, 1866
Chloeia fusca McIntosh, 1885
Chloeia inermis Quatrefages, 1866
Chloeia kudenovi Barroso & Paiva, 2011
Chloeia macleayi Haswell, 1878
Chloeia maculata Potts, 1909
Chloeia malaica Kinberg, 1867
Chloeia nuda Quatrefages, 1866
Chloeia parva Baird, 1868
Chloeia pinnata Moore, 1911
Chloeia pseudeuglochis Augener, 1922
Chloeia quatrefagesii Baird, 1868
Chloeia rosea Potts, 1909
Chloeia rupestris Risso, 1826
Chloeia tumida Baird, 1868
Chloeia venusta Quatrefages, 1866
Chloeia violacea Horst, 1910
Chloeia viridis Schmarda, 1861
Chloeia bimaculata
References
External links
WoRMS (2014). "Chloeia (Lamarck, 1818)". World Register of Marine Species.