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Issue: Vol. 5673 No. 2: 5 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.2
Page range: 189-212
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Parahesione dudahamra sp. nov., an eye-catching symbiotic worm from the Red Sea, with complementary description and notes on Leocrates giardi Gravier, 1900 (Annelida: Phyllodocida: Hesionidae)

Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE); King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST); Thuwal; 23955-6900; Saudi Arabia.; Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences; 36 Nahimovskiy Avenue; 117997 Moscow; Russia.
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE); King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST); Thuwal; 23955-6900; Saudi Arabia.
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE); King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST); Thuwal; 23955-6900; Saudi Arabia.; N.A. Pertsov White Sea Biological Station; Moscow State University; Leninskie Gory; 1-12; 119234; Moscow; Russia.
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE); King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST); Thuwal; 23955-6900; Saudi Arabia.
Annelida annelida polychaete hesionid worm Indian ocean red Sea infauna symbiosis new taxon suction pump

Abstract

A new, brightly red-coloured, symbiotic hesionid worm, Parahesione dudahamra sp. nov., is described based on the holotype and single specimen collected in the shore waters of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia. The new species is characterized by simple lateral antennae without distinct ceratophores, longest dorsal cirri reaching chaetiger 12, and longest ventral cirri reaching only chaetiger 4. The holotype was extracted from a burrow of an unknown host in very shallow water, close to mangrove roots. The diversified burrowing fauna of the type locality, including the possible infaunal hosts of P. dudahamra sp. nov., is briefly discussed. In addition, a full description and ecological notes are provided for another hesionid worm, Leocrates giardi Gravier, 1900, of which several specimens were extracted from burrows at the type locality of P. dudahamra sp. nov.

 

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How to Cite

Syomin, V., Anker, A., Kolbasova, G. & Carvalho, S. (2025) Parahesione dudahamra sp. nov., an eye-catching symbiotic worm from the Red Sea, with complementary description and notes on Leocrates giardi Gravier, 1900 (Annelida: Phyllodocida: Hesionidae). Zootaxa, 5673 (2), 189–212. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.2