Hesionidae

Hesionidae are a family of phyllodocid "bristle worms" (class Polychaeta). They are (like almost all polychaetes) marine organisms. Most are found on the continental shelf; Hesiocaeca methanicola is found on methane ice, where it feeds on bacterial biofilms.[1]

Hesionidae
Oxydromus pugettensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Annelida
Class:
Polychaeta
Order:
Aciculata
Suborder:
Phyllodocida
Family:
Hesionidae

Grube, 1850
Subfamilies

Hesioninae
Microphthalminae
Ophiodrominae
and see text

Hesiocaeca methanicola

A characteristic apomorphy of the Hesionidae are the cirrophores of the anterior segments, which are well-developed cup-like sheaths; the cirri of the subsequent segments insert into the parapodia directly, or with just a vestigial cirrophore.[2]

Systematics

As phyllodocids, the Hesionidae belong to the order Aciculata, one of the three main clades of polychaetes. They appear to be part of the basal radiation of the main lineage of phyllodocids, alongside such families as the ragworms (Nereididae), the Pilargidae and Sphaerodoridae which are closely related to each other, the very ancient Syllidae, and perhaps the more advanced catworms (Nephtyidae). [3]

Numerous genera are still treated as Hesionidae incertae sedis, not reliably assignable to either of the three generally recognized hesionid subfamilies:[4]

Footnotes
  1. C. R. Fisher; I.'R. MacDonald; R. Sassen; C. M. Young; S. A. Macko; S. Hourdez; R. S. Carney; S. Joye; E. McMullin (2000). "Methane ice worms: Hesiocaeca methanicola colonizing fossil fuel reserves" (PDF). Naturwissenschaften. 87 (4): 184–187. doi:10.1007/s001140050700. PMID 10840806. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-02-20.
  2. Pleijel et al. (2008)
  3. Rouse & Fauchald (1998)
  4. Pleijel et al. (2008), WoRMS (2008)
  5. Salazar-Vallejo SI (2016) Elisesione, a new name for Wesenbergia Hartman, 1955, and the description of a new species (Annelida, Hesionidae). ZooKeys 632: 1-12. doi:10.3897/zookeys.632.9652.
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References
  • Pleijel, Fredrik; Rouse, Greg W.; Ruta, Christine; Wiklund, Helena & Nygren, Arne (2008): Vrijenhoekia balaenophila, a new hesionid polychaete from a whale fall off California. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 152(4): 625–634. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00360.x (HTML abstract)
  • Rouse, Greg W. & Fauchald, Kristian (1998): Recent views on the status, delineation, and classification of the Annelida. Am. Zool. 38(6): 953-964. doi:10.1093/icb/38.6.953 PDF fulltext
  • World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2008): Hesionidae. Version of 2008-MAR-26. Retrieved 2009-FEB-23.
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