Vrijenhoekia ungava

Familia: Hesionidae
Subfamilia: Psamathinae
Genus: Vrijenhoekia
Species:

Vrijenhoekia ungava (Shimabukuro et al., 2019)

Original combination: Sirsoe ungava Shimabukuro et al., 2019

ZooBank: 6EC84115-2B65-4E89-BF0C-5E04C6EB4441

Type locality: Southwest Atlantic Ocean, 21°27′00″N 39°53′49″E / 21.450°N 39.897°E / 21.450; 39.897, depth 1444 m.

Holotype: MZUSP 3368.

Paratypes: MZUSP 3369; ColBio DS00170–DS00171.

• Sirsoe ungava Shimabukuro et al., 2019: 20–21, figs. 12C–E; — Shimabukuro et al., 2021: 5.
• Vrijenhoekia ungava (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 ungava (Shimabukuro, Carrerette, Alfaro-Lucas, Rizzo, Halanych & Sumida, 2021) in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on July 03, 2025

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