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Chloeia
Sign in to saveChloeia is a genus of marine polychaete worms.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumAnnelida
- ClassPolychaeta
- OrderAmphinomida
- FamilyAmphinomidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 353
- With media
- 220
- Family
- Amphinomidae
- Collections
- SIO, USNM, CAS
- Recorded in
- Chile, United States, French Polynesia, Belize, Philippines, Bangladesh, Ecuador, New Caledonia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Amphinomidae
- Image
- Chloeia flava.jpg
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- Commons category
- Chloeia
- taxon name
- Chloeia
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Chloeia
- taxon author citation
- Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
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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.
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