WoRMS taxon details
original description
Queirós, José Pedro; Ravara, Ascensão; Eilertsen, Mari H.; Kongsrud, Jon A.; Hilário, Ana. (2017). Paramytha ossicola sp. nov. (Polychaeta, Ampharetidae) from mammal bones: Reproductive biology and population structure. <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 137: 349-358., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064516302570 page(s): 352-354 [details]
taxonomy source
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): 170, figure 3; note: record as Paramytha cf. ossicola from whale skull 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. Not P. ossicola (molecular data) but too... record as Paramytha cf. ossicola from whale skull 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. Not P. ossicola (molecular data) but too damaged to describe as new.
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context source (Deepsea)
Queirós, José Pedro; Ravara, Ascensão; Eilertsen, Mari H.; Kongsrud, Jon A.; Hilário, Ana. (2017). Paramytha ossicola sp. nov. (Polychaeta, Ampharetidae) from mammal bones: Reproductive biology and population structure. <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 137: 349-358., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064516302570 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BM NHM2016.491, geounit Portugal [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Diagnosis Paramytha with 20 thoracic and up to 12 abdominal chaetigers [details]
Etymology authors: "From Latin ossicola, living in/on bone; gender feminine". However, -cola (-dweller) names are compound nouns, usually masculine, recommended not declined to agree with the first noun or the genus. Os (bone) is a neuter noun. [details]
Habitat reported as living on bone, but "most likely a deposit feeder exploiting the organic enrichment that results from the carcass decomposition, but possibly also the enhanced flow conditions on the bones. Further research is necessary to understand whether P.ossicola sp. nov. bores into the bone" [details]
Type locality Setúbal Canyon, off Portugal, northeastern Atlantic, 38.2808°, -9.1113°, 1000 m [details]
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