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Osedax frankpressi
Taxonomy
Osedax frankpressi was named by Rouse et al. (2004). It is extant. Its type specimen is CASIZ 170235, an other (mature adult female). Its type locality is Monterey Bay, which is in a Holocene marine horizon in California.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2004 | Osedax frankpressi Rouse et al. p. 670 figs. Fig. 2 |
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Osedax frankpressi Rouse et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. W. Rouse et al. 2004 | Holotype, emergent body in gelatinous hemispherical tube, 7-mm diameter. Contracted crown plumes 0.95 cm long. Oviduct filled with ellipsoid eggs (mean diameters 146 m by 117 m; n 15), Oviduct convoluted upon contraction, extending between palps, 3 mm from trunk (Fig. 2, D and E). Palps red with two longi- tudinal white stripes in living worms (Fig. 2A); pinnules on inner margins. Trunk 4.5 mm long, 0.9 mm wide, and marked by white thickened tissue at anterior (Fig. 2E). Green, bacteriocyte-filled sheath forms trunk-ovisac junction 1.2 mm long, 1 mm wide (Fig. 2D). Lobulate ovisac, 6.5 mm by 5 mm by 3 mm (Fig. 2F). Ovisac and roots inflated with clear fluid in situ in bone (Fig. 2C); fluid lost on extraction. Allotypes, 0.15- to 0.25-mm-long males (Fig. 2, G and I). Chaetae with hooks and handles 15 to 21 m (Fig. 2H). Capitium with five teeth; no subrostral teeth (Fig. 2H). Etymology. In honor of Dr. Frank Press, former U.S. presidential science advisor, president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and chair of the MBARI Board of Directors, for his distinguished service to science. |
Measurements
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| References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||