Polychaeta taxon details
Osedax waadjum Georgieva, Wiklund, Ramos, Neal, Glasby & Gunton, 2023
1661572 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1661572)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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
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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
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Holotype AM W.53706, geounit New South Wales , Note Whale skull & vertebrae off Byron Bay, NSW,...
Holotype AM W.53706, geounit New South Wales [details]
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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]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Osedax waadjum Georgieva, Wiklund, Ramos, Neal, Glasby & Gunton, 2023. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1661572 on 2024-05-03
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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]
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
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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]
