The UWI St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. Wednesday 22 March, 2023- For the first time, a deep-sea species has been named after a marine scientist from Trinidad and Tobago. The newly named species of tubeworm, Lamellibrachia judigobini, is so called in honour of Caribbean marine ecologist, Professor Judith Gobin, Professor of Marine Biology at the St Augustine Campus of The University of the West Indies (The UWI).
Photo caption: Dr. Diva Amon (left) and Professor Judith Gobin (right) measuring some of the Bathymodiolus mussels sampled from the cold seeps.
Photo credit: Dr. Diva Amon.
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Published on 27 Mar, 2023
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