Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Terebellida > Suborder Cirratuliformia > Family Cirratulidae > Genus Kirkegaardia

Kirkegaardia tesselata (Hartman, 1960)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Kirkegaardia*	Blake, 2016	accepted genus name
*Monticellina*	Laubier, 1961	junior homonym

Species group names

*Monticellina tesselata*	(Hartman, 1960)	junior homonym
*Tharyx tesselata*	Hartman, 1960	synonym

Literature

new combination reference	Blake, James A. (2016). Kirkegaardia (Polychaeta, Cirratulidae), new name for Monticellina Laubier, preoccupied in the Rhabdocoela, together with new records and descriptions of eight previously known and sixteen new species from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern Oceans. Zootaxa. 4166(1): 1-93.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Kirkegaardia tesselata (Hartman, 1960). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:884716

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Occurrence

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Environment

marine

Importance

EPPO invasive plants:
listed This species is an invasive alien plant being managed in countries that are member of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)