Molecular taxonomy of Osedax (Annelida: Siboglinidae) in the Southern Ocean

• Published in: Zoologica Scripta
• Main Authors: Amon, Diva J., Wiklund, Helena, Dahlgren, Thomas G., Copley, Jonathan T., Smith, Craig R., Jamieson, Alan J., Glover, Adrian G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Bransfield Strait; Scotia Sea; Smith Island; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; antarcticus
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/364940/

We report the discovery of three new species of Osedax in the deep Southern Ocean, expanding the diversity and geographical range of this genus of bone-eating worms. Osedax rogersi sp. n. and Osedax crouchi sp. n. were found on a whale skeleton at 1444 m in the Kemp Caldera in the East Scotia Sea du...