Hesionidae
Sign in to savethumb|250px|Sirsoe methanicola
Species
オトヒメゴカイ科
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumAnnelida
- ClassPolychaeta
- OrderPhyllodocida
- FamilyHesionidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded91,892
Sirsoe methanicola frisst Bakterien, die auf Methaneis leben Hesionidae ist der Name einer Familie eher kleiner, meist sich räuberisch oder als Aasfresser, seltener von Bakterien oder Detritus ernährender, frei lebender Vielborster (Polychaeta), die in Meeren weltweit zu finden sind.
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4,495
- With media
- 522
- Family
- Hesionidae
- Collections
- CINVESTAV-IPN, SIO, YPM, CAS
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Costa Rica, British Virgin Islands, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Philippines
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Systematics
- Footnotes
- References
thumb|250px|Sirsoe methanicola
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hesionidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.