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Hesione helenensis Salazar-Vallejo, 2018

1306788  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1306788)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Nereidiformia (Suborder)
  8. Hesionidae (Family)
  9. Hesioninae (Subfamily)
  10. Hesionini (Tribe)
  11. Hesione (Genus)
  12. Hesione helenensis (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2018). Revision of Hesione Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida, Errantia, Hesionidae). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 40(3): 227-325., available online at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/40/12
page(s): 261 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  USNM 33148, geounit South East Atlantic  
Holotype USNM 33148, geounit South East Atlantic [details]
, Note James Bay, Saint Helena Island, South East...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality James Bay, Saint Helena Island, South East Atlantic, no geolocation given but estimated as -15.923, -5.720. Jamestown is the main settlement on the island [details]
Type material known only from 2 specimens collected together. [details]
Etymology named H. helenensis after Saint Helena Island in the South Atlantic, which is the type locality. The island is named after...  
Etymology named H. helenensis after Saint Helena Island in the South Atlantic, which is the type locality. The island is named after Saint Helena of Constantinople. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Hesione helenensis Salazar-Vallejo, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1306788 on 2025-04-06
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2018-10-27 04:52:25Z
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Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2018). Revision of Hesione Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida, Errantia, Hesionidae). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 40(3): 227-325., available online at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/40/12
page(s): 261 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Holotype USNM 33148, geounit South East Atlantic [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology named H. helenensis after Saint Helena Island in the South Atlantic, which is the type locality. The island is named after Saint Helena of Constantinople. [details]

Type locality James Bay, Saint Helena Island, South East Atlantic, no geolocation given but estimated as -15.923, -5.720. Jamestown is the main settlement on the island [details]

Type material known only from 2 specimens collected together. [details]
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