Hesiocaeca methanicola Desbruyères & Toulmond, 1998
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Desbruyères, D., & Toulmond, A. (1998). A new species of hesionid worm, Hesiocaeca methanicola sp. nov. (Polychaeta: Hesionidae), living in ice-like methane hydrates in the deep Gulf of Mexico. Cahiers De Biologie Marine, 39(1): 93–98. https://doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.BA5D76AF
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Annelida
- class
- Polychaeta
- order
- Phyllodocida
- family
- Hesionidae
- genus
- Sirsoe
- species
- Sirsoe methanicola
Name
- Homonyms
- Hesiocaeca methanicola Desbruyères & Toulmond, 1998
- Common names
- Methan-Eiswurm in Alemão
- methane ice worm in Inglês
Bibliographic References
- 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.
- Eckelbarger, Kevin J., Young, C. M., Llodra, E. R., Brooke, S. and Tyler, P. 2001. Gametogenesis, spawning behavior, and early development in the "iceworm" Hesiocaeca methanicola (Polychaeta: Hesionidae) from methane hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biology 138(4): 761-775.
- Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas.
- 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.