Vrijenhoekia alphacrucis

Familia: Hesionidae
Subfamilia: Psamathinae
Genus: Vrijenhoekia
Species:

Vrijenhoekia alphacrucis (Shimabukuro et al., 2019)

Original combination: Sirsoe alphacrucis Shimabukuro et al., 2019

ZooBank: 389A31D8-4CC3-4F1B-BE8B-533206112AD2

Type locality: Southwest Atlantic Ocean, 25°53′38″N 45°02′06″E / 25.894°N 45.035°E / 25.894; 45.035, depth 1439 m.

Holotype: MZUSP 3363.

Paratypes: MZUSP 3364; MZUSP 3370–3372; ColBio DS00156.

• Sirsoe alphacrucis Shimabukuro et al., 2019: 17–18, figs. 8A–F; — Shimabukuro et al., 2021: 3.
• Vrijenhoekia alphacrucis (Shimabukuro et al., 2019) Kroesche & Rouse, 2025: 3, 28.

• 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. 
• 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. 
• Shimabukuro, M., Carrerette, O., Alfaro-Lucas, J.M., Rizzo, A.E., Halanych, K.M., Sumida, P.Y.G. 2021. Corrigendum: Diversity, Distribution and Phylogeny of Hesionidae (Annelida) Colonizing Whale Falls: New Species of Sirsoe and Connections Between Ocean Basins. Frontiers in Marine Science 8: 1–5. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.691503 . Reference page. 

• Vrijenhoekia alphacrucis (Shimabukuro, Carrerette, Alfaro-Lucas, Rizzo, Halanych & Sumida, 2021) in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on July 02, 2025

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