WoRMS taxon details
Chaetoderma shenloong C. Chen, X. Liu, X. Gu, J.-W. Qiu & J. Sun, 2024
1758091 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1758091)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Chen, C.; Liu, X.; Gu, X.; Qiu, J.-W.; Sun, J. (2024). Integrative taxonomy of a new giant deep-sea caudofoveate from South China Sea cold seeps. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 100(3): 841-850., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.100.125409 [details] 
Holotype TMBC 031015
, Note Inside dark-coloured mud around a vesicomyid...
Holotype TMBC 031015 [details]
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Type locality Inside dark-coloured mud around a vesicomyid clam colony, Haima methane seep (16°43.937'N, 110°27.681'E, depth 1385 m), South China Sea, taken using a push-corer by ROV Pioneer, R/V Xiangyanghong 01 cruise XYH01-2022-06, September 20th, 2022. [details]
Type material Holotype (Fig. 1A, B), total length 154 mm, maximum width 20 mm, 99% ethanol, specimen with different parts of the body dissected and mounted on glass slides that are deposited together with the body, COI sequence PP664117 (TMBC031015). Paratype 1 (Fig. 1C), total length 106 mm, maximum width 11 mm, 99% ethanol, COI sequence PP664118 (TMBC031016). Paratype 2 (Figs 1D, 2A), total length 58 mm, maximum width 6 mm, 99% ethanol, COI sequence PP664119 (TMBC031017). Paratype 3 (Fig. 5 inset), total length 115 mm, maximum width 8 mm, 99% ethanol (TMBC031018); a photograph of this specimen was published as fig. 2i of (He et al. 2023), COI sequence OQ836653. All type specimens were from a single sampling event at the type locality. [details]
Etymology From Mandarin Chinese, "Shén" (divine, deity) + "Loong" (dragon), referring to a group of mysterious and mystic dragons in...
Etymology From Mandarin Chinese, "Shén" (divine, deity) + "Loong" (dragon), referring to a group of mysterious and mystic dragons in Chinese mythology. Named in allusion to the long and giant body form of the new Chaetoderma, which carries many ‘scales’ on its body like dragons. A well-known Chinese saying is ‘You shall never see the head and tail of "Shén Loong" at the same time,’ used to refer to something or someone being highly elusive, like caudofoveates living deep inside sediments. Used as a noun in apposition. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chaetoderma shenloong C. Chen, X. Liu, X. Gu, J.-W. Qiu & J. Sun, 2024. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1758091 on 2025-04-18
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Chen, C.; Liu, X.; Gu, X.; Qiu, J.-W.; Sun, J. (2024). Integrative taxonomy of a new giant deep-sea caudofoveate from South China Sea cold seeps. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 100(3): 841-850., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.100.125409 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype TMBC 031015 [details]
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Diagnosis A very large Chaetoderma reaching over 150 mm in body length, with a thick body up to 20 mm in width. Radula translucent with irregular sclerotisation in the median cone, a single pair of barely sclerotised teeth, and a dome-shaped membrane with circular lateral projections. Sclerites shaped like isosceles-triangles present between the foregut region and the midgut sac region. [details]Etymology From Mandarin Chinese, "Shén" (divine, deity) + "Loong" (dragon), referring to a group of mysterious and mystic dragons in Chinese mythology. Named in allusion to the long and giant body form of the new Chaetoderma, which carries many ‘scales’ on its body like dragons. A well-known Chinese saying is ‘You shall never see the head and tail of "Shén Loong" at the same time,’ used to refer to something or someone being highly elusive, like caudofoveates living deep inside sediments. Used as a noun in apposition. [details]
Type locality Inside dark-coloured mud around a vesicomyid clam colony, Haima methane seep (16°43.937'N, 110°27.681'E, depth 1385 m), South China Sea, taken using a push-corer by ROV Pioneer, R/V Xiangyanghong 01 cruise XYH01-2022-06, September 20th, 2022. [details]
Type material Holotype (Fig. 1A, B), total length 154 mm, maximum width 20 mm, 99% ethanol, specimen with different parts of the body dissected and mounted on glass slides that are deposited together with the body, COI sequence PP664117 (TMBC031015). Paratype 1 (Fig. 1C), total length 106 mm, maximum width 11 mm, 99% ethanol, COI sequence PP664118 (TMBC031016). Paratype 2 (Figs 1D, 2A), total length 58 mm, maximum width 6 mm, 99% ethanol, COI sequence PP664119 (TMBC031017). Paratype 3 (Fig. 5 inset), total length 115 mm, maximum width 8 mm, 99% ethanol (TMBC031018); a photograph of this specimen was published as fig. 2i of (He et al. 2023), COI sequence OQ836653. All type specimens were from a single sampling event at the type locality. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | divine dragon glistenworm | [details] |
