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, 1910Chloeia australis Kudenov, 1993Chloeia bengalensis Kinberg, 1867Chloeia bistriata Grube, 1868Chloeia candida Kinberg, 1857Chloeia conspicua Horst, 1910Chloeia egena Grube, 1855Chloeia entypa Chamberlin, 1919Chloeia flava Chloeia furcigera Quatrefages, 1866Chloeia fusca McIntosh, 1885Chloeia inermis Quatrefages, 1866Chloeia kudenovi Barroso & Paiva, 2011Chloeia macleayi Haswell, 1878Chloeia maculata Potts, 1909Chloeia malaica Kinberg, 1867Chloeia nuda Quatrefages, 1866Chloeia parva Baird, 1868Chloeia pinnata Moore, 1911Chloeia pseudeuglochis Augener, 1922Chloeia quatrefagesii Baird, 1868Chloeia rosea Potts, 1909Chloeia rupestris Risso, 1826Chloeia tumida Baird, 1868Chloeia venusta Quatrefages, 1866Chloeia violacea Horst, 1910Chloeia viridis Schmarda, 1861- ''Chloeia bimaculata''