Vrijenhoekia

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:
Species: V. ahabi – V. alphacrucis – V. alphadelphini – V. balaenophila – V. besnard – V. falenothiras – V. ketea – V. mindiae – V. nadir – V. pirapuan – V. timoharai – V. ungava – V. yokosuka – V. ypupiara

Vrijenhoekia Pleijel et al., 2008

Type species: Vrijenhoekia balaenophila Pleijel et al., 2008, by original designation.

Note: Synonymised by Shimabukuro et al. (2019) with Sirsoe Pleijel, 1998; Reinstated by Kroesche & Rouse (2025).

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 . Reference page.
Pleijel, F., Rouse, G.W., Ruta, C., Wiklund, H., Nygren, A. 2008. Vrijenhoekia balaenophila, a new hesionid polychaete from a whale fall off California. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152(4): 625–634. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00360.x . Reference page.
Shimabukuro, M., Carrerette, O., Alfaro-Lucas, J.M., Rizzo, A.E., Halanych, K.M., Sumida, P.Y.G. 2019. Diversity, Distribution and Phylogeny of Hesionidae (Annelida) Colonizing Whale Falls: New Species of Sirsoe and Connections Between Ocean Basins. Frontiers in Marine Science 6(478): 1–26. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00478 . Reference page.