WoRMS name details
Hesionella Wesenberg-Lund, 1950
585237 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:585237)
unaccepted (twice replaced junior homonym)
Genus
Hesionella problematica Wesenberg-Lund, 1950 accepted as Elisesione problematica (Wesenberg-Lund, 1950) (type by monotypy)
- Species Hesionella problematica Wesenberg-Lund, 1950 accepted as Elisesione problematica (Wesenberg-Lund, 1950) (superseded original combination consequent to homonymy of genus)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1950). Polychaeta. <em>Danish Ingolf-Expedition.</em> 4(14): 1-92, plates I-X., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16847382
page(s): 14 [details]
(of Hesionella Hartman, 1939) Hartman, O. 1939. New species of polychaetous annelids from southern California. With a discussion on the host of one of them. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 7(2): 157-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27822385
page(s): 159 [details]
page(s): 14 [details]
(of Hesionella Hartman, 1939) Hartman, O. 1939. New species of polychaetous annelids from southern California. With a discussion on the host of one of them. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 7(2): 157-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27822385
page(s): 159 [details]
Homonymy Hesionella Wesenberg-Lund, 1950, junior homonym of Hesionella Hartman, 1939 in Polychaeta, Hesionidae, as noted by Hartman...
Homonymy Hesionella Wesenberg-Lund, 1950, junior homonym of Hesionella Hartman, 1939 in Polychaeta, Hesionidae, as noted by Hartman (1955), who replaced the name with Wesenbergia, but Wesenbergia was also a junior homonym and has been replaced by Elisesione Salazar-Vallejo, 2016 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Hesionella Wesenberg-Lund, 1950. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585237 on 2026-04-23
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Nomenclature
original description
Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1950). Polychaeta. <em>Danish Ingolf-Expedition.</em> 4(14): 1-92, plates I-X., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16847382
page(s): 14 [details]
original description (of Hesionella Hartman, 1939) Hartman, O. 1939. New species of polychaetous annelids from southern California. With a discussion on the host of one of them. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 7(2): 157-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27822385
page(s): 159 [details]
page(s): 14 [details]
original description (of Hesionella Hartman, 1939) Hartman, O. 1939. New species of polychaetous annelids from southern California. With a discussion on the host of one of them. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 7(2): 157-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27822385
page(s): 159 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1955). Endemism in the North Pacific Ocean, with emphasis on the distribution of marine annelids, and descriptions of new or little known species. pp. 39-60. In: Allan, Hancock Foundation (Ed.). <em>Essays in the Natural Sciences in Honor of Captain Allan Hancock on the occasion of his birthday July 26, 1955.</em> Los Angeles, University of Southern California Press., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5227326
page(s): 41 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 41 [details] Available for editors
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context source (Deepsea)
Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1950). Polychaeta. <em>Danish Ingolf-Expedition.</em> 4(14): 1-92, plates I-X., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16847382 [details]
From editor or global species database
Homonymy Hesionella Wesenberg-Lund, 1950, junior homonym of Hesionella Hartman, 1939 in Polychaeta, Hesionidae, as noted by Hartman (1955), who replaced the name with Wesenbergia, but Wesenbergia was also a junior homonym and has been replaced by Elisesione Salazar-Vallejo, 2016 [details]
