Osedax craigmcclaini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sabellida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Annelida Classis: Polychaeta Subclassis: Palpata Ordo: Canalipalpata Subordo: Sabellida

Familia: Siboglinidae
Genus: Osedax
Species: Osedax craigmcclaini

Name

• Osedax craigmcclaini Berman, Hiley, Read & Rouse, 2024
  • Type locality: collected from experimentally deployed alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) bones deployed at 2,034 m depth in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore of New Orleans, Louisiana, (27.312° N; 88.927° W), ROV Global Explorer dive number 16, April 12, 2019.
  • Typus: Holotype SIO-BIC A13910 (GenBank COI sequence ON211944)
  • Distribution: Mississippi River Delta region, Gulf of Mexico
  • ZooBank: AF09DF8F-8A48-49E7-87DB-8E408064CCB8

References

• Berman, G.H., Hiley, A.S., Read, G.B. & Rouse, G.W. 2024. New Species of Osedax (Siboglinidae: Annelida) from New Zealand and the Gulf of Mexico. Zootaxa 5443(3): 337–352. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.3.2 Reference page.