WoRMS taxon details
Hesione pacifica McIntosh, 1885
340183 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:340183)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 184-185, Pl. XXIX fig. 2, Pl. XXXII fig. 14 [details]
page(s): 184-185, Pl. XXIX fig. 2, Pl. XXXII fig. 14 [details]
Type locality contained in Tongatapu
, Note Pacific Ocean, Tongatabu
type locality contained in Tongatapu [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Tongatabu [details]
Taxonomy Species uncertain
Taxonomy Questionably synonym of species listed
Taxonomy Species uncertain [details]
Taxonomy Questionably synonym of species listed
Taxonomy Questionably synonym of species listed [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Hesione pacifica McIntosh, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=340183 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 184-185, Pl. XXIX fig. 2, Pl. XXXII fig. 14 [details]
page(s): 184-185, Pl. XXIX fig. 2, Pl. XXXII fig. 14 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Horst, R. 1921. A review of the family of Hesionidae with a description of two new species. Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden), 6: 73-83., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318159
page(s): 80; note: Horst included several species including H pacifica as junior synonyms of Hesione proctochona Schmarda 1861 [details]
redescription 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): 275, figures 30-32; note: redescription from the Tongan holotype and two further specimens, one from Mariana Islands, two from Australia [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 80; note: Horst included several species including H pacifica as junior synonyms of Hesione proctochona Schmarda 1861 [details]
redescription 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): 275, figures 30-32; note: redescription from the Tongan holotype and two further specimens, one from Mariana Islands, two from Australia [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
