Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Tevnia jerichonana
Poliqueto, Polychaeta
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Sabellida
Family
Siboglinidae
Genus
Tevnia
Species
jerichonana
Taxon category: Accepted
On the Vestimentifera, new phylum: six new species, and other taxa, from hydrothermal vents and elsewhere (Horton et al., 2021).
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Pacific East and Galapagos Islands (Horton et al., 2021).
- 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, Tevnia jerichonana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19302. Accessed 1 November 2026.