original description
Hartman, Olga. (1978). Polychaeta from the Weddell Sea quadrant, Antarctica. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 26(4): 125-223., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118664599.ch4/summary
page(s): 170; note: originally in Flabelligeridae [details] Available for editors
additional source
Salazar-Vallejo, S.I.; Gillet, P.; Carrera-Parra, L.F. (2007). Revision of <i>Chauvinelia</i>, redescriptions of <i>Flabelliseta incrusta</i>, and <i>Helmetophorus rankini</i>, and their recognition as acrocirrids (Polychaeta: Acrocirridae). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 87(02): 465-477., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407054501
page(s): 473; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] Available for editors
additional source
Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Emended diagnosis by Salazar-Vallejo et al. (2007: 473): ''Body cylindrical. No cephalic hood. Body papillae reduced, lateral papillae elongate, cirriform. Body covered by a thick tunic adhering foreign particles. Without notochaetae. Neurochaetae compound neurohooks, with outer chaetal cortex with successive bands of denticles. Branchiae two pairs in segments 1–2. Nephridial lobes not observed. Benthic forms.'' [details]
Etymology Not stated. The name of the genus is composed by the Latin noun flabell, designating a 'small hand fan' and referring to the family Flabelligeridae Saint-Joseph, 1894, in which the genus was originally placed, and the Latin noun seta, meaning bristle. Presumably the name refers to the fact that it was the single genus in the family lacking notochaetae. [details]