Vrijenhoekia balaenophila

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: Vrijenhoekia
Species:

Vrijenhoekia balaenophila Pleijel et al., 2008

Holotype: SMNH 6305.

Paratypes: SMNH 6306–6310.

Vrijenhoekia balaenophila Pleijel et al., 2008: 627–632, figs. 1–4; — Kroesche & Rouse, 2025.
Sirsoe balaenophila (Pleijel et al., 2008) Shimabukuro et al., 2019: 9–12, fig. 6A; — Shimabukuro et al., 2021: 2.

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.
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.