WoRMS taxon details
original description
Georgieva, Magdalena N.; Wiklund, Helena; Ramos, Dino A.; Neal, Lenka; Glasby, Christopher J.; Gunton, Laetitia M. (2023). The annelid community of a natural deep-sea whale fall off eastern Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 75(3): 167-213., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/georgieva-2023-rec-aust-mus-753-167213/ page(s): 199, figure 26; note: Whale skull & vertebrae off Byron Bay, NSW, Australia, beam trawl, start: 28.05°S 154.08°E, 999 m, end: 28.10°S 154.08°E, 1013 m [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype AM W.53706, geounit New South Wales [details]
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Etymology Authors: "In the Arakwal Bundjalung language Waadjum Darrigan Jubal means “Whale Bone Grub”. In consultation with the Bundjalung of Byron Bay Aboriginal Corporation board of directors representing the Arakwal Bundjalung communities, we propose the scientific name “Osedax waadjum”. This epithet is assumed to be a noun in apposition. [details]
Type locality Whale skull & vertebrae off Byron Bay, NSW, Australia, beam trawl, start: 28.05°S 154.08°E, 999 m, end: 28.10°S 154.08°E, 1013 m [details]
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