WoRMS taxon details
Holotype USNM 18965, geounit Philippines [details]
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Etymology named Hesione osbornae after Karen Osborn, Curator of Crustacea and Polychaeta in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington [details]
Type locality North Balabac Strait, RV Albatross, Sta. D5355, geolocation not stated, estimated at 8.159, 117.077, 80 m depth. Salazar-Vallejo (2018) indicates the museum label (not known if an original) and the record of the same specimen in Hoagland (1928, as H. intertexta) differ in details of depth and placenames. The common element is the mention of North Balabac Strait as the location. [details]
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