Sirsoe grasslei

Sirsoe grasslei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phyllodocida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Annelida Classis: Polychaeta Subclassis: Palpata Ordo: Aciculata Subordo: Phyllodocida

Familia: Hesionidae
Subfamilia: Psamathinae
Genus: Sirsoe
Species: Sirsoe grasslei

Name

Sirsoe grasslei (Blake, 1985)

Original combination: Orseis grasslei Blake, 1985

Type locality: North Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Guaymas Basin, 27.0167°N 111.417°W / 27.0167; -111.417, depth 2022 m.

Holotype: USNM 81808 [1].

Paratypes: USNM 81809 [2]; USNM 81810 [3]; USNM 81811 [4]; USNM 81812 [5]; USNM 81813 [6]; USNM 81814 [7].

Synonymy

• Orseis grasslei Blake, 1985: 78, fig. 6.
• Sirsoe grasslei (Blake, 1985) Pleijel, 1998: 124; — Kroesche & Rouse, 2025: 11–14, figs. 7–8.

References

• Blake, J.A. 1985. Polychaeta from the vicinity of deep-sea geothermal vents in the eastern Pacific. I. Euphrosinidae, Phyllodocidae, Hesionidae, Nereididae, Glyceridae, Dorvilleidae, Orbiniidae, and Maldanidae. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 6(6): 67–101. Reference page. 
• Kroesche, R. & Rouse, G.W. 2025. Four New Species of Hesionidae (Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida) from Eastern Pacific Chemosynthetic Habitats and Reinstatement of Vrijenhoekia. Diversity 17(2): 121. DOI: 10.3390/d17020121 . Reference page. 
• Pleijel, F. 1998. Phylogeny and classification of Hesionidae (Polychaeta). Zoologica Scripta 27(2): 89–163. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00433.x . Reference page. 

Links

• Sirsoe grasslei (Blake, 1985) in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on June 01, 2025

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