Hesione, Lamarck, 1818

Pradhan, Jyoshna & S, Balakrishnan, 2024, First Report of Hesione paulayi Salazar-Vallejo, 2018 (Phyllodocida: Hesionidae) from the Indian Ocean with a Note and key to identification of Indian waters species of the genus Hesione Lamarck, 1818, Species (e 4 s 1623) 25 (75), pp. 1-6 : 5

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v25i75.e4s1623

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15424423

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/861587FE-FFDF-FFB7-FFFC-FEF5FB742D74

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Felipe

scientific name

Hesione
status

 

Keys to species View in CoL occurring in Indian waters

1a. Neurochaetal blades guards approaching distal tooth………………………………….…...……………….2

1b. Neurochaetal blades guards surpassing distal tooth …………………………………...………...… H. picta

2a. Neurochaetal blades 3-4 times as long as wide and dorsal surface usually shiny…………………………………………………………………………………...……………. H. splendida

2b. On each dorsal segment a transverse row of brown broad spot or stripe……………………………………3

3a. Numerous narrow longitudinal irregular brown bands in each chaetigers and extending towards lateral cushions………………………………………………………………………………………...…… H. intertexta

3b. Transverse or longitudinal brown bands or spot present on chaetigers …………………………………….4

4a. Dorsum with brown rounded or elongate dots………………………………….……………… H. patherina

4b. Dorsum with transverse dark bands…………………………………………………………………………5

5a. Transverse row of brown spot or bands are present on chaetigers 1 and 3 …………………...…. H. genetta

5b. Irregular or discontinuous larger bands over chaetigers 2………………………………….……. H. paulayi .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Polychaeta

Order

Phyllodocida

Family

Hesionidae

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