WoRMS taxon details
Vrijenhoekia mindiae Kroesche & Rouse, 2025
1800084 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1800084)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kroesche, Rachel; Rouse, Greg W. (2025). Four New Species of Hesionidae (Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida) from Eastern Pacific Chemosynthetic Habitats and Reinstatement of Vrijenhoekia. <em>Diversity.</em> 17(2: 121): 1-30., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/17/2/121
page(s): 24 of 30, figure 15-17; note: bone, wood, and chips experimental deployment, Costa Rica, 8.93◦ N, 84.312◦ W, 992 m depth [details]
page(s): 24 of 30, figure 15-17; note: bone, wood, and chips experimental deployment, Costa Rica, 8.93◦ N, 84.312◦ W, 992 m depth [details]
Holotype SIO-BIC A9606, geounit Costa Rica
, Note Bone, wood, and chips experimental deployment,...
Holotype SIO-BIC A9606, geounit Costa Rica [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Bone, wood, and chips experimental deployment, Costa Rica, off Pacific coast, 8.93 N, 84.312 W, 992 m depth, collected HOV Alvin dive AD4974, October 20, 2018. [details]
Distribution Vrijenhoekia mindiae has been found at methane seeps at ~990–1400 m off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and at ~1500 m in...
Etymology Vrijenhoekia mindiae is named after of Mindi Summers who first informally led the description of this species as...
Distribution Vrijenhoekia mindiae has been found at methane seeps at ~990–1400 m off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and at ~1500 m in the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California, Mexico. Previous informal-named occurrences were as:
Vrijenhoekia sp. A: Summers et al., 2015 (pp. 120–121, Figure 3H)
Vrijenhoekia sp. A: Seid et al., 2025 (p. 29, Figure 11B).
[details]
Vrijenhoekia sp. A: Summers et al., 2015 (pp. 120–121, Figure 3H)
Vrijenhoekia sp. A: Seid et al., 2025 (p. 29, Figure 11B).
[details]
Etymology Vrijenhoekia mindiae is named after of Mindi Summers who first informally led the description of this species as...
Etymology Vrijenhoekia mindiae is named after of Mindi Summers who first informally led the description of this species as Vrijenhoekia sp. A [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Vrijenhoekia mindiae Kroesche & Rouse, 2025. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1800084 on 2025-04-16
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Kroesche, Rachel; Rouse, Greg W. (2025). Four New Species of Hesionidae (Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida) from Eastern Pacific Chemosynthetic Habitats and Reinstatement of Vrijenhoekia. <em>Diversity.</em> 17(2: 121): 1-30., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/17/2/121
page(s): 24 of 30, figure 15-17; note: bone, wood, and chips experimental deployment, Costa Rica, 8.93◦ N, 84.312◦ W, 992 m depth [details]
page(s): 24 of 30, figure 15-17; note: bone, wood, and chips experimental deployment, Costa Rica, 8.93◦ N, 84.312◦ W, 992 m depth [details]
Holotype SIO-BIC A9606, geounit Costa Rica [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Vrijenhoekia mindiae has been found at methane seeps at ~990–1400 m off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and at ~1500 m in the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California, Mexico. Previous informal-named occurrences were as:Vrijenhoekia sp. A: Summers et al., 2015 (pp. 120–121, Figure 3H)
Vrijenhoekia sp. A: Seid et al., 2025 (p. 29, Figure 11B).
[details]
Etymology Vrijenhoekia mindiae is named after of Mindi Summers who first informally led the description of this species as Vrijenhoekia sp. A [details]
Type locality Bone, wood, and chips experimental deployment, Costa Rica, off Pacific coast, 8.93 N, 84.312 W, 992 m depth, collected HOV Alvin dive AD4974, October 20, 2018. [details]
