Sirsoe pleijeli

Sirsoe pleijeli

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phyllodocida 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Annelida
Classis: Polychaeta
Subclassis: Palpata
Ordo: Aciculata
Subordo: Phyllodocida

Familia: Hesionidae
Subfamilia: Psamathinae
Genus: Sirsoe
Species:

Name

Sirsoe pleijeli Kroesche & Rouse, 2025

ZooBank: 303C6EE0-BED1-439E-A847-D7415E107FD8

Type locality: Bejeweled Mound, south of the JaichMaa ‘ja’ag Vent Field, Pescadero Basin, Gulf of California, 23°56′10″N 108°51′11″W / 23.936000°N 108.853000°W / 23.936000; -108.853000, 3635–3646.0 m depth.

Holotype: ICML-EMU 13999.

Paratypes: SIO-BIC A13998A–B; SIO-BIC A13991; SIO-BIC A14074A–B; SIO-BIC A14001; SIO-BIC A14050; SIO-BIC W10406A–D; SIO-BIC W10501A; SIO-BIC A10631–A10634; SIO-BIC A9984; SIO-BIC A10037–A10041; SIO-BIC A10032; SIO-BIC A14080A; SIO-BIC A13998D–E.

Etymology: named after Fredrik Pleijel.

References

  • Kroesche, R. & Rouse, G.W. 2025. Four New Species of Hesionidae (Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida) from Eastern Pacific Chemosynthetic Habitats and Reinstatement of Vrijenhoekia. Diversity 17(2): 121. DOI: 10.3390/d17020121 Open access. Reference page.  [14–18, figs. 9–10]
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