Osedax traceyae

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 traceyae

Name

• Osedax traceyae Berman, Hiley, Read & Rouse, 2024: 347
  • Type locality: collected from a whale skull (most likely a southern minke whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis) at 390 m depth on the Pukaki Rise SE of New Zealand (49.121° S; 172.136° E) scientific trawl TAN1614 Station 9, from R/V tangaroa, December 1, 2016.
  • Typus: Holotype NIWA 159435 female (GenBank COI sequence ON211990, 16S = ON212680, 18S = ON210988, 28S = ON220740, H3 = ON254808); paratypes NIWA 159437, SIO-BIC A13927, NIWA 159439, NIWA 159440 (GenBank COI ON211991, ON211992, ON211987, ON211988),
  • Distribution: off southeast New Zealand
  • ZooBank: 797CB9C0-B03D-4429-A801-3B9D6F8534C7

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.  [See p. 347, original description]