A new branchiate hesionid polychaete (Annelida, Hesionidae) from New Caledonia Author Ruta, Christine Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Polychaeta, Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Sala A 0 - 108, Bloco A, IB CCS, Ilha do Fundão, CEP 21940 - 590 Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil) rutachristine @ gmail. com rutachristine@gmail.com Author Pleijel, Fredrik Department of Marine Ecology, TjärnÖ Marine Biological Laboratory, GÖteborg University, SE- 452 96 StrÖmstad (Sweden) and Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Systématique et Évolution, CNRS UMR 7138, Systématique, Adaptation, Évolution, case postale 26, 43 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) fredrik. pleijel @ tmbl. gu. se .. pleijel@tmbl.gu.se text Zoosystema 2006 28 3 655 667 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5399508 1638-9387 5399508 Hesiobranchia n. gen. TYPE SPECIES . — Hesiobranchia lifouensis n. sp. ETYMOLOGY. — Named formed from the combination of the stem of the taxon name “ Hesionidae ” and “branchiae”, gender feminine. DESCRIPTION Monotypic; see Hesiobranchia lifouensis n. sp.