Sirsoe shastae

Sirsoe shastae

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 shastae Kroesche & Rouse, 2025

ZooBank: 4C3F0ECD-88A9-4122-AD9F-09762ED10387

Type locality: Weey ’kual (Red Hill), JaichMaa ‘ja’ag Vent Field, Pescadero Basin, Gulf of California, 23°56′24″N 108°51′22″W / 23.940000°N 108.856000°W / 23.940000; -108.856000, 3674 m depth.

Holotype: ICML-EMU 14001.

Paratypes: SIO-BIC A14065A–C.

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.  [18–21, figs. 11–12]
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