Osedax randyi, Rouse & Goffredi & Johnson & Vrijenhoek, 2018

Rouse, Greg W., Goffredi, Shana K., Johnson, Shannon B. & Vrijenhoek, Robert C., 2018, An inordinate fondness for Osedax (Siboglinidae: Annelida): Fourteen new species of bone worms from California, Zootaxa 4377 (4), pp. 451-489 : 481-483

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.4.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C36D839B-A704-41A8-AC2C-2A75AE39F23C

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5978302

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FD168E24-DF97-41B7-9BFF-FE56BB60EFCB

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:FD168E24-DF97-41B7-9BFF-FE56BB60EFCB

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Osedax randyi
status

sp. nov.

Osedax randyi View in CoL n. sp.

Figure 17 View FIGURE 17

‘white collar’ ( Rouse et al. 2015; Vrijenhoek et al. 2009)

‘Sagami-7’ (GenBank COI sequence FM998108 View Materials -9; Pradillon et al. unpublished)

Material examined. Holotype: Female, fixed in formalin preserved in ethanol, SIO-BIC A 7845 (GenBank COI sequence FJ347615 View Materials ), collected from a whale carcass ( Balaenoptera musculus ) deployed at 1018 meters depth in Monterey Submarine Canyon , California (36°46.308’N; 122° 4.981’W), ROV Tiburon dive number 1049, Oct. 25, 2006. GoogleMaps Paratypes: Female, fixed in formalin preserved in ethanol SIO-BIC A1648, SIO-BIC A7846 (GenBank COI sequence FJ347612 View Materials , FJ347613 View Materials ), same locality and date as holotype; Female and dwarf males (allotypes), fixed in formalin, female sectioned, males preserved in ethanol SIO-BIC A7847 (female GenBank COI sequence FJ347614 View Materials ), same locality and date as holotype.

Diagnosis and description. Holotype female, in life trunk 5 mm long, 0.8 mm wide; crown of palps somewhat contracted, 4.5 mm long ( Fig. 17A View FIGURE 17 ). Pinnules of all palps oriented dorsally and the oviduct lying between the dorsalmost pair of palps ( Figs 17A, B, D View FIGURE 17 ). Oviduct extends from trunk into crown for 1-2 mm ( Figs 17A, B View FIGURE 17 ). In life, palps reddish with pigmented white outer margins ( Fig. 17A View FIGURE 17 ). Trunk with white ring around anterior margin; ring broken mid-dorsally by oviduct and mid-ventrally by and oval unpigmented patch ( Figs 17A, B View FIGURE 17 ). Clear demarcation of upper and lower trunk ( Fig. 17A View FIGURE 17 ). Internally trunk shows extensive musculature and glands with prominent dorsal and ventral blood vessels ( Fig. 17E View FIGURE 17 ). Ovisac in holotype, damaged, an ellipsoidal mass; similar shape in paratypes. Roots incomplete, simple lobes where present in all specimens. Males dwarfs, with spermatids and sperm, chaetal-bearing segments inflated ( Fig. 17C View FIGURE 17 ), found in tube lumen of females.

Distribution. Known from Monterey Bay, California from 1018 meters depth, and from Sagami Bay, Japan ( Table 2). It has been found in whale and cow bones.

Etymology. This species is named (noun in the genitive case) in honor of Randy Prickett, Senior ROV pilot for MBARI, who collected many bones and Osedax over the years.

Remarks. Osedax randyi n. sp. is part of Osedax Clade IV and closest relative to the undescribed Osedax species from California known as O. ‘MB16’ ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ) with a minimum uncorrected COI- distance of ~6-7% ( Table 4). As previously noted, this is among the smaller interspecific distances among Osedax species. Two COI sequences, referred to Osedax sp. Sagami-7 (Pradillon et al., GenBank unpublished, Table 3) are much less than 1% divergent from the six California Osedax randyi n. sp. sequences (example distance in Table 4). Thus, it is reasonable to propose that Osedax randyi n. sp. is also found in Japan. The most distinguishing features of Osedax randyi n. sp. are the white ring around the anterior part of the trunk and white pigment on the palps of females ( Fig. 17A, B View FIGURE 17 ), though a similar whitish ring is found on females of O. bryani n. sp. ( Fig. 18A, B View FIGURE 18 ) and O. frankpressi ( Rouse et al. 2004) , with the latter species also showing white pigmentation on the palps. DNA sequencing is most likely the best way to distinguish Osedax randyi n. sp. from these species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Polychaeta

Order

Sabellida

Family

Siboglinidae

Genus

Osedax

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