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WoRMS taxon detailsHesione Lamarck, 1818
129308 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129308)
accepted
Genus
Hesione splendida Lamarck, 1818 (type by subsequent designation)
Fallacia Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (homonym, subjective synonym)
marine,
recent only
feminine
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 315 [details]
Note Type species Hesione splendida Savigny 1818 in...
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Type species Type species Hesione splendida Savigny 1818 in Fauchald, 1977 <246>. [details]
Etymology Hesione is assumed named for the unfortunate Trojan princess known from Greek mythology. However Lamarck is silent on the...
Etymology Hesione is assumed named for the unfortunate Trojan princess known from Greek mythology. However Lamarck is silent on the etymology. Salazar-Vallejo (2017) presents this version of the story: "In Greek mythology, Hesione is mostly regarded as a famous Trojan Lady, daughter of King Laomedon, who offered her life as a compensation to Poseidon after the God had sent a monster to destroy the city. However, Laomedon also asked Heracles for help and if he could save Troy, Hesione would be his wife. She was left naked on the rocks in a sea cliff out of Troy. Heracles and Telamon saved Hesione by killing the monster, but King Laomedon changed his mind and forgot his offer; this pushed Heracles to destroy Troy and later, Heracles gave Hesione to Telamon" [details] Homonymy Hesione in Lamarck (1818) in Hesionidae is available because Hesione Rafinesque, 1815 in Coleoptera is regarded as a nomen...
Homonymy Hesione in Lamarck (1818) in Hesionidae is available because Hesione Rafinesque, 1815 in Coleoptera is regarded as a nomen nudum, and appears not to have been used subsequently. There is also a subsequent junior homonym, Hesione Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 in Diptera [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Hesione Lamarck, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129308 on 2025-04-26
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 page(s): 315 [details] original description (of Fallacia Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ page(s): 98 [details]  Taxonomytaxonomy source
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2018). Revision of Hesione Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida, Errantia, Hesionidae). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 40(3): 227-325., available online at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/40/12 [details] Available for editors  [request]Otheradditional source
Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Hesione is assumed named for the unfortunate Trojan princess known from Greek mythology. However Lamarck is silent on the etymology. Salazar-Vallejo (2017) presents this version of the story: "In Greek mythology, Hesione is mostly regarded as a famous Trojan Lady, daughter of King Laomedon, who offered her life as a compensation to Poseidon after the God had sent a monster to destroy the city. However, Laomedon also asked Heracles for help and if he could save Troy, Hesione would be his wife. She was left naked on the rocks in a sea cliff out of Troy. Heracles and Telamon saved Hesione by killing the monster, but King Laomedon changed his mind and forgot his offer; this pushed Heracles to destroy Troy and later, Heracles gave Hesione to Telamon" [details]Grammatical gender Feminine as treated as feminine by Lamarck and early subsequent authors, also likely named after a Greek female name. [details] Homonymy Hesione in Lamarck (1818) in Hesionidae is available because Hesione Rafinesque, 1815 in Coleoptera is regarded as a nomen nudum, and appears not to have been used subsequently. There is also a subsequent junior homonym, Hesione Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 in Diptera [details] Type species Type species Hesione splendida Savigny 1818 in Fauchald, 1977 <246>. [details] Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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