WoRMS taxon details
Vrijenhoekia ketea Summers, Pleijel & Rouse, 2015
851417 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:851417)
accepted
Species
Sirsoe ketea (Summers, Pleijel & Rouse, 2015) · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Summers, Mindi; Pleijel, Fredrik; Rouse, Greg W. (2015). Whale falls, multiple colonisations of the deep, and the phylogeny of Hesionidae (Annelida). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 29(2): 105-123., available online at https://www.publish.csiro.au/is/IS14055
page(s): 118 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 118 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype SIO SIO-BIC A2344., geounit Monterey Bay
, Note Monterey Canyon, off California, on grey whale...
36.6133, -122.4333 (36 36.80 N, 122 26.00 W), 2893 m depth [details]
Holotype SIO SIO-BIC A2344., geounit Monterey Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Monterey Canyon, off California, on grey whale carcass, 36.6133, -122.4333 (36 36.80 N, 122 26.00 W), 2893 m depth [details]
Etymology Authors: "Ketea (Greek for ‘sea monsters’ from Ketos, referring to the sea monster in Hesione myth, and Ketea as the...
Taxonomy Authors: "Vrijenhoekia ketea, sp. nov. differs from previously named V. balaenophila by possessing a median antenna and...
Etymology Authors: "Ketea (Greek for ‘sea monsters’ from Ketos, referring to the sea monster in Hesione myth, and Ketea as the root for ‘whale’)." [details]
Taxonomy Authors: "Vrijenhoekia ketea, sp. nov. differs from previously named V. balaenophila by possessing a median antenna and...
Taxonomy Authors: "Vrijenhoekia ketea, sp. nov. differs from previously named V. balaenophila by possessing a median antenna and lacking a proboscis ring of papillae. The Vrijenhoekia ketea species complex includes the three species V. ketea, sp. nov., V. falenothiras, sp. nov., and V. ahabi, sp. nov." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Vrijenhoekia ketea Summers, Pleijel & Rouse, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=851417 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Summers, Mindi; Pleijel, Fredrik; Rouse, Greg W. (2015). Whale falls, multiple colonisations of the deep, and the phylogeny of Hesionidae (Annelida). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 29(2): 105-123., available online at https://www.publish.csiro.au/is/IS14055
page(s): 118 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 118 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
status source
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): 5 of 30, figure 1; note: returned from Sirsoe upon re-validation of Vrijenhoekia [details]
page(s): 5 of 30, figure 1; note: returned from Sirsoe upon re-validation of Vrijenhoekia [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Summers, Mindi; Pleijel, Fredrik; Rouse, Greg W. (2015). Whale falls, multiple colonisations of the deep, and the phylogeny of Hesionidae (Annelida). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 29(2): 105-123., available online at https://www.publish.csiro.au/is/IS14055 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype SIO SIO-BIC A2344., geounit Monterey Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Authors: "Ketea (Greek for ‘sea monsters’ from Ketos, referring to the sea monster in Hesione myth, and Ketea as the root for ‘whale’)." [details]Taxonomy Authors: "Vrijenhoekia ketea, sp. nov. differs from previously named V. balaenophila by possessing a median antenna and lacking a proboscis ring of papillae. The Vrijenhoekia ketea species complex includes the three species V. ketea, sp. nov., V. falenothiras, sp. nov., and V. ahabi, sp. nov." [details]
Type locality Monterey Canyon, off California, on grey whale carcass,
36.6133, -122.4333 (36 36.80 N, 122 26.00 W), 2893 m depth [details]
