Name - Osedax Rouse, Goffredi & Vrijenhoek 2004

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1715663 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Osedax

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Original Description Reference

• Osedax: bone-eating marine worms with dwarf males. Science (Washington D C), 305(5684), July 30 2004: 668-671. [Zoological Record Volume 140]

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Recent Publications

• Osedax: bone-eating marine worms with dwarf males.
• Bathymetric and temporal variation among Osedax boneworms and associated megafauna on whale-falls in Monterey Bay, California.
• New species of bone-eating worm Osedax from the abyssal South Atlantic Ocean (Annelida, Siboglinidae).
• An inordinate fondness for Osedax (Siboglinidae: Annelida): Fourteen new species of bone worms from California.

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