Deep-Sea name details
Vrijenhoekia ahabi Summers, Pleijel & Rouse, 2015
851418 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:851418)
unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)
Species
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): 120 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 120 [details] Available for editors
Holotype SIO SIO-BIC A2327, 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 A2327, 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]
Description As for V. ketea, but distinct molecularly
Etymology Authors: "Ahabi is in reference to Herman Melville’s Captain Ahab, as both he and this species of worm will go to the...
Description As for V. ketea, but distinct molecularly [details]
Etymology Authors: "Ahabi is in reference to Herman Melville’s Captain Ahab, as both he and this species of worm will go to the...
Etymology Authors: "Ahabi is in reference to Herman Melville’s Captain Ahab, as both he and this species of worm will go to the ends of the earth to find a whale." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Vrijenhoekia ahabi Summers, Pleijel & Rouse, 2015. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=851418 on 2024-11-21
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Vrijenhoekia ahabi Summers, Pleijel & Rouse, 2015. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=851418 on 2024-11-21
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): 120 [details] Available for editors
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
page(s): 120 [details] Available for editors
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
Holotype SIO SIO-BIC A2327, geounit Monterey Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Description As for V. ketea, but distinct molecularly [details]Etymology Authors: "Ahabi is in reference to Herman Melville’s Captain Ahab, as both he and this species of worm will go to the ends of the earth to find a whale." [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]