WoRMS taxon details
Sirsoe methanicola (Desbruyères & Toulmond, 1998)
851416 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:851416)
accepted
Species
Hesiocaeca methanicola Desbruyères & Toulmond, 1998 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Hesiocaeca methanicola Desbruyères & Toulmond, 1998) Desbruyères, Daniel; Toulmond, André. (1998). A new species of hesionid worm, <i>Hesiocaeca methanicola</i> sp. nov. (Polychaeta: Hesionidae), living in ice-like methane hydrates in the deep Gulf of Mexico. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 39(1): 93-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.BA5D76AF [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype (of Hesiocaeca methanicola Desbruyères &...
Holotype (of Hesiocaeca methanicola Desbruyères & Toulmond, 1998) NMNH USNM 182243, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sirsoe methanicola (Desbruyères & Toulmond, 1998). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=851416 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Hesiocaeca methanicola Desbruyères & Toulmond, 1998) Desbruyères, Daniel; Toulmond, André. (1998). A new species of hesionid worm, <i>Hesiocaeca methanicola</i> sp. nov. (Polychaeta: Hesionidae), living in ice-like methane hydrates in the deep Gulf of Mexico. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 39(1): 93-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.BA5D76AF [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Pleijel, Fredrik; Rouse, Greg W.; Ruta, Christine; Wiklund, Helena; Nygren, Arne. (2008). <i>Vrijenhoekia balaenophila</i>, a new hesionid polychaete from a whale fall off California. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 152(4): 625-634., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00360.x
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[request]new combination reference Pleijel, Fredrik; Rouse, Greg W.; Ruta, Christine; Wiklund, Helena; Nygren, Arne. (2008). <i>Vrijenhoekia balaenophila</i>, a new hesionid polychaete from a whale fall off California. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 152(4): 625-634., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00360.x
page(s): 633 [details] Available for editors
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biology source
Lim, Shen Jean; Thompson, Luke R.; Goodwin, Kelly D. (2023). Genetic features of the marine polychaete Sirsoe methanicola from metagenomic data. <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> efirst., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1067482 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Hesiocaeca methanicola Desbruyères & Toulmond, 1998) NMNH USNM 182243, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | methane ice worm [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Methan-Eiswurm [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hesiocaeca methanicola Desbruyères & Toulmond, 1998)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sirsoe methanicola)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hesiocaeca methanicola Desbruyères & Toulmond, 1998 (USNM WRM 182243) dorsal view) (from synonym Hesiocaeca methanicola Desbruyères & Toulmond, 1998)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records) (from synonym Hesiocaeca methanicola Desbruyères & Toulmond, 1998)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 182243) (from synonym Hesiocaeca methanicola Desbruyères & Toulmond, 1998)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hesiocaeca methanicola Desbruyères & Toulmond, 1998)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sirsoe methanicola)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hesiocaeca methanicola Desbruyères & Toulmond, 1998 (USNM WRM 182243) dorsal view) (from synonym Hesiocaeca methanicola Desbruyères & Toulmond, 1998)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records) (from synonym Hesiocaeca methanicola Desbruyères & Toulmond, 1998)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 182243) (from synonym Hesiocaeca methanicola Desbruyères & Toulmond, 1998)
