WoRMS taxon details
Hesione genetta Grube, 1867
209727 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209727)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grube, A.E. (1867). Neue anneliden aus den Gattungen Eunice, Hesione, Lamprophaës, und Travisia. <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur. Breslau.</em> 44: 64-66., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46548206
page(s): 65 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 65 [no figures] [details]
Type locality contained in Samoan Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Pacific Ocean, Samoa
type locality contained in Samoan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Samoa [details]
Distribution also occurs in Pacific Ocean, California, Samoa, Gambier Islands, Philippine Islands, Indian Ocean and Sri Lanka (Fauvel,1953).
Distribution also occurs in Pacific Ocean, California, Samoa, Gambier Islands, Philippine Islands, Indian Ocean and Sri Lanka (Fauvel,1953). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Hesione genetta Grube, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209727 on 2025-09-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Grube, A.E. (1867). Neue anneliden aus den Gattungen Eunice, Hesione, Lamprophaës, und Travisia. <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur. Breslau.</em> 44: 64-66., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46548206
page(s): 65 [no figures] [details]
basis of record Fauvel, P. (1953). The fauna of India including Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Malaya : Annelida, Polychaeta. The Indian Press, Ltd, Allahabad. xii and 507 p., available online at http://archive.org/details/FBIPolychaeta [details]
page(s): 65 [no figures] [details]
basis of record Fauvel, P. (1953). The fauna of India including Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Malaya : Annelida, Polychaeta. The Indian Press, Ltd, Allahabad. xii and 507 p., available online at http://archive.org/details/FBIPolychaeta [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Day, J.H. 1962. Polychaeta from several localities in the western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 139(4): 627-656., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1962.tb01597.x [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. <em>Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg.</em> (série 7) 25(8): 1-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45379218
page(s): 104 [details]
additional source Horst, R. (1924). Polychaeta errantia of the Siboga Expedition. Pt. 3. Nereidae and Hesionidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Bonatisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900.</em> 24(1c): 145-198.
page(s): 193 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Willey, Arthur. (1905). Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar by W.A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists. Part IV. Supplementary Reports.</em> 30: 243-324, plates I-VIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1936112
page(s): 267 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 104 [details]
additional source Horst, R. (1924). Polychaeta errantia of the Siboga Expedition. Pt. 3. Nereidae and Hesionidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Bonatisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900.</em> 24(1c): 145-198.
page(s): 193 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Willey, Arthur. (1905). Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar by W.A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists. Part IV. Supplementary Reports.</em> 30: 243-324, plates I-VIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1936112
page(s): 267 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution also occurs in Pacific Ocean, California, Samoa, Gambier Islands, Philippine Islands, Indian Ocean and Sri Lanka (Fauvel,1953). [details]Type locality Pacific Ocean, Samoa [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | マダラオトヒメゴカイ | [details] |
