Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Hesiolyra bergi Blake, 1985

Poliquetos, Polychaeta

Polychaeta from the vicinity of deep-sea geothermal vents in the eastern Pacific (Horton et al., 2021).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Annelida

Class
Polychaeta

Order
Phyllodocida

Suborder
Nereidiformia

Family
Hesionidae

Genus
Hesiolyra

Species
bergi

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Pacific Ocean, East Pacific (Horton et al., 2021).

References

  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Hesiolyra bergi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19281. Accessed 22 June 2026.