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Ichthyohesione gorgasiae Uchida, 2004 
AphiaID: 710890

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereidiformia (Suborder) > Hesionidae (Family) > Ichthyohesione (Genus)
Status nomen dubium (unavailable (Art.16)?)
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Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Ichthyohesione Uchida, 2004
Parent Ichthyohesione Uchida, 2004
Source  original description: Uchida, Hiro'omi. 2004. Hesionidae (Annelida, Polichaeta [sic]) from Japan. I. Kuroshio biosphere 1: 27-92, Plate 1., available online at http://www.kuroshio.or.jp/Kuroshioweb_English/tiles%20of%20papers%20in%20Kuroshio%20Biosphere.htm
page(s): 82 [details]


Environment marine
Feedingtype  adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Gorgasia taiwanensis Shao, 1990 [details]
Notes  Etymology: Named after the genus of the host fish which the new species may be parasitic or commensal on. [details]

Morphology: Proboscis is said to be expanded and sucker-like when everted. [details]

Specimen: Described from one specimen collected as by-catch with garden eel, Gorgasia taiwanensis Shao, 1990. Deposition of specimen unstated. [details]

Type locality: Sabiura, Kushimoto, Wakayama, middle Japan, 40 m. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:710890
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  Citation: Read, G. (2013). Ichthyohesione gorgasiae Uchida, 2004. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=710890 on 2013-05-21
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