Deep-Sea name details
Sosanopsis Hessle, 1917
129180 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129180)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
- Species Sosanopsis kerguelensis Monro, 1939 accepted as Sosane kerguelensis (Monro, 1939) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sosanopsis wireni Hessle, 1917 accepted as Sosane wireni (Hessle, 1917) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hessle, Christian. (1917). Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 5: 39-258, plates I-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38891407 [details] 
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Sosanopsis Hessle, 1917. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129180 on 2025-04-09
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Sosanopsis Hessle, 1917. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129180 on 2025-04-09
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Hessle, Christian. (1917). Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 5: 39-258, plates I-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38891407 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf
note: listing as valid in a key and with a diagnosis [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin
page(s): 486; note: included in Sosane Malmgren, 1866. This appears to be the initiating synonymy of Sosanopsis to Sosane [details] Available for editors
status source Hilbig, Brigitte 2000. Family Ampharetidae Malmgren, 1867. pages 169-230. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara
page(s): 221; note: Usage as valid, diagnosis, and new record of Sosanopis wireni for California [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf
note: listing as valid in a key and with a diagnosis [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin
page(s): 486; note: included in Sosane Malmgren, 1866. This appears to be the initiating synonymy of Sosanopsis to Sosane [details] Available for editors
status source Hilbig, Brigitte 2000. Family Ampharetidae Malmgren, 1867. pages 169-230. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara
page(s): 221; note: Usage as valid, diagnosis, and new record of Sosanopis wireni for California [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Although multiple authors regarded Sosanopsis as valid, including up to Hilbig (2000), in 2001 Jirkov merged it into Sosane [details]
