diff --git a/test/integration/batch_update_gene_test.clj b/test/integration/batch_update_gene_test.clj
index 3ba6f9c0..48348bf3 100644
--- a/test/integration/batch_update_gene_test.clj
+++ b/test/integration/batch_update_gene_test.clj
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 (ns integration.batch-update-gene-test
   (:require
+   [clojure.set :as cset]
    [clojure.string :as str]
    [clojure.test :as t]
    [clj-uuid :as uuid]
@@ -7,13 +8,22 @@
    [wormbase.api-test-client :as api-tc]
    [wormbase.constdata :refer [basic-prov]]
    [wormbase.db-testing :as db-testing]
+   [wormbase.gen-specs.gene :as gsg]
    [wormbase.test-utils :as tu]))
 
 (t/use-fixtures :each db-testing/db-lifecycle)
 
+(defn get-gene-info [gid]
+  (api-tc/summary "gene" gid))
+
 (defn update-genes [data]
   (api-tc/send-request "batch" :put data :sub-path "gene"))
 
+(defn add-other-names-gene [data]
+  (api-tc/send-request "batch" :put data :sub-path "gene/update-other-names"))
+(defn retract-other-names-gene [data]
+  (api-tc/send-request "batch" :delete data :sub-path "gene/update-other-names"))
+
 (t/deftest batch-empty
   (t/testing "Empty batches are rejected."
     (let [response (update-genes {:data [] :prov nil})]
@@ -123,6 +133,58 @@
                                                 :id "WBGene00000263"}]})]
             (t/is (ru-hp/ok? response))))))))
 
+(t/deftest update-gene-other-names
+  (t/testing "Testing successful addition to / removal from gene's other-names."
+    ; Test successful PUT /batch/gene/update-other-names operation
+    (let [[g1 g2] (tu/gene-samples 2)
+          g1-extra-names (gsg/gen-other-names 2)
+          g2-extra-names (gsg/gen-other-names 2)
+          g1-other-names (or (:gene/other-names g1) [])
+          g2-other-names (or (:gene/other-names g2) [])
+          bdata [{:id (:gene/id g1)
+                  :other-names g1-extra-names}
+                 {:id (:gene/id g2)
+                  :other-names g2-extra-names}]]
+      (tu/with-gene-fixtures
+        [g1 g2]
+        (fn [_]
+          (let [response (add-other-names-gene {:data bdata :prov basic-prov})]
+            (t/is (ru-hp/ok? response) (pr-str response))
+            (let [bid (get-in response [:body :added :id] "")]
+              (t/is (uuid/uuid-string? bid))
+              ; Compare successful PUT /batch/gene/update-other-names operation result (gene objects) to expected results
+              (let [g1-add-result (get-in (get-gene-info (:gene/id g1)) [:body :other-names])
+                    g2-add-result (get-in (get-gene-info (:gene/id g2)) [:body :other-names])
+                    g1-expected-add-result (distinct (concat g1-other-names g1-extra-names))
+                    g2-expected-add-result (distinct (concat g2-other-names g2-extra-names))]
+
+                (t/is (= (set g1-add-result) (set g1-expected-add-result)) "Add-other-name resulted in unexpected g1 object")
+                (t/is (= (set g2-add-result) (set g2-expected-add-result)) "Add-other-name resulted in unexpected g2 object")
+                ; Test successful DELETE /batch/gene/update-other-names operation
+                (let [g1-n (- (count g1-add-result) 1)
+                      g2-n (- (count g2-add-result) 1)
+                      g1-retract-names (take g1-n (shuffle g1-add-result))
+                      g2-retract-names (take g2-n (shuffle g2-add-result))
+                      bdata [{:id (:gene/id g1)
+                              :other-names g1-retract-names}
+                             {:id (:gene/id g2)
+                              :other-names g2-retract-names}]
+                      response (retract-other-names-gene {:data bdata :prov basic-prov})]
+
+                  (t/is (ru-hp/ok? response) (pr-str response))
+                  (let [bid (get-in response [:body :retracted :id] "")]
+                    (t/is (uuid/uuid-string? bid))
+                    ; Compare successful DELETE /batch/gene/update-other-names operation result (gene objects) to expected results
+                    (let [g1-retract-result (get-in (get-gene-info (:gene/id g1)) [:body :other-names])
+                          g2-retract-result (get-in (get-gene-info (:gene/id g2)) [:body :other-names])
+                          g1-expected-retract-result (cset/difference (set g1-add-result) (set g1-retract-names))
+                          g2-expected-retract-result (cset/difference (set g2-add-result) (set g2-retract-names))]
+
+                      (t/is (= (set g1-retract-result) (set g1-expected-retract-result)) "Retract-other-name resulted in unexpected g1 object")
+                      (t/is (= (set g2-retract-result) (set g2-expected-retract-result)) "Retract-other-name resulted in unexpected g2 object")
+                      (t/is (= (count g1-retract-result) 1) "Unexpected g1 retract other-names result-size")
+                      (t/is (= (count g2-retract-result) 1) "Unexpected g2 retract other-names result-size"))))))))))))
+
 (t/deftest update-does-not-require-species
   (t/testing "Test updating a gene does not require a species."
     (let [samples [#:gene{:species [:species/latin-name "Caenorhabditis elegans"]