WoRMS name details
Ichthyohesione gorgasiae Uchida, 2004
710890 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:710890)
uncertain > nomen dubium (unavailable (Art.16)?)
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Uchida, Hiro'omi. (2004). Hesionidae (Annelida, Polichaeta [sic]) from Japan. I. <em>Kuroshio Biosphere.</em> 1: 27-92, Plate 1., available online at http://www.kuroshio.or.jp/Kuroshioweb_English/tiles%20of%20papers%20in%20Kuroshio%20Biosphere.htm
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Note Sabiura, Kushimoto, Wakayama, middle Japan, 40 m.
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Type locality Sabiura, Kushimoto, Wakayama, middle Japan, 40 m. [details]
Etymology Named after the genus of the host fish which the new species may be parasitic or commensal on.
Etymology Named after the genus of the host fish which the new species may be parasitic or commensal on. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ichthyohesione gorgasiae Uchida, 2004. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=710890 on 2025-04-16
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Uchida, Hiro'omi. (2004). Hesionidae (Annelida, Polichaeta [sic]) from Japan. I. <em>Kuroshio Biosphere.</em> 1: 27-92, Plate 1., available online at http://www.kuroshio.or.jp/Kuroshioweb_English/tiles%20of%20papers%20in%20Kuroshio%20Biosphere.htm
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Etymology Named after the genus of the host fish which the new species may be parasitic or commensal on. [details]Morphology Proboscis is said to be expanded and sucker-like when everted. [details]
Specimen Described from one specimen collected as by-catch with garden eel, Gorgasia taiwanensis Shao, 1990. Deposition of specimen unstated. [details]
Type locality Sabiura, Kushimoto, Wakayama, middle Japan, 40 m. [details]