A New Species of the Mysterious Genus Spirodiscus (Annelida: Serpulidae) of the Eastern Australian Abyss

In May–June 2017 an expedition on board RV Investigator sampled benthic communities along the lower slope and abyss of Australia’s eastern margin from off mid-Tasmania to the Coral Sea. Over 200 annelids of the family Serpulidae collected during the voyage were collected and deposited in the Australian Museum in Sydney. Among them there was a new species Spirodiscus ottofinamusi of the poorly known abyssal (3754–4378 m) genus Spirodiscus. The data has been acquired on the following RV Investigator voyage( IN2017_V03 with links to additional metadata, datasets, events, deployments, publications etc. If this data has been used in any products, please acknowledge with the following: We acknowledge the use of the CSIRO Marine National Facility (https://ror.org/01mae9353) in undertaking this research.

Citation: Kupriyanova, Elena K., and Beth Flaxman. 2023. A new species of the mysterious genus Spirodiscus (Annelida: Serpulidae) of the eastern Australian abyss. In RV Investigator-Abyssal Annelida, ed. E. K. Kupriyanova and L. M. Gunton. Records of the Australian Museum 75(3): 155-166. https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1801

Published: February 14, 2025 at 04:41

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