WoRMS taxon details
original description
Berman, Gabriella H.; Hiley, Avery S.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Rouse, Greg W. (2024). New Species of Osedax (Siboglinidae: Annelida) from New Zealand and the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5443(3): 337-352., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5443.3.2 page(s): 344, figures 3B, C, 5A, B, 6B; note: 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) [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype SIO-BIC A13910, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology authors: "Osedax craigmcclaini n. sp. is named for Dr. Craig McClain, an esteemed deep-sea biologist and colleague who led the experimental alligator fall project (McClain et al., 2019) and provided the Osedax specimens for this study." [details]
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) [details]
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