Adinisis adkinsi

Familia: Keratoisididae
Genera: Adinisis
Species: Adinisis adkinsi

Adinisis adkinsi Lapointe, A. & Watling, L., 2022

Type locality: St Helens, Tasmanian Seamounts, collected on 31 December 2008, 41°20′05″S 148°40′01″E / 41.3347°S 148.6669°E / -41.3347; 148.6669, 729-1109 m

Holotype: TMAG K3841

Paratypes:

• TMAG K3840, Cascade Plateau, Tasmanian Seamounts, collected on 04 January 2009, 43°49′40″S 150°25′58″E / 43.8278°S 150.4327°E / -43.8278; 150.4327, 1061 m, 4.8° C bottom temp.
• TMAG K3855, Cascade Plateau, Tasmanian Seamounts, collected on 04 January 2009, 43°49′38″S 150°25′57″E / 43.8273°S 150.4325°E / -43.8273; 150.4325, 1089 m, 4.8° C bottom temp.
• TMAG K1350, Dory Hill, Tasmanian Seamounts, collected on 29 January 1997, 41°20′00″S 147°06′36″E / 41.3333°S 147.11°E / -41.3333; 147.11, 1000 m.
• TMAG (pending), Tasman 1200, Tasmanian Seamounts, collected on 06 April 2007, 44°12′04″S 146°11′57″E / 44.2012°S 146.1992°E / -44.2012; 146.1992 1050-1230 m.

Etymology: This species is named in honor of Jess Adkins, co-chief scientist of the cruise and for his many contributions to our understanding of palaeoceanographic conditions of deep waters in the Atlantic and Pacific, particularly during the past ice age.

• Lapointe, A. & Watling, L. 2022. Towards a revision of the bamboo corals (Octocorallia): Part 5, new genera and species of Keratoisididae from the Tasmanian deep sea. Zootaxa 5168(2): 137–157. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5168.2.3 Reference page.