Osedax mucofloris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Sedentaria
Order: Sabellida
Family: Siboglinidae
Genus: Osedax
Species:
O. mucofloris
Binomial name
Osedax mucofloris
Glover, Kallstrom, Smith & Dahlgren, 2005[1]

Osedax mucofloris is a species of bathypelagic Polychaetes that is reported to sustain itself on the bones of dead whales.[2][3][4] Translated from the mixed Greek and Latin used in scientific names, "Osedax mucofloris" literally means "snot-flower bone-eater", though the less-accurate "bone-eating snot-flower worm" seems to be the form actually used.[2][4] The species is found in North East Atlantic where it is abundant.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2012). "Osedax mucofloris Glover, Kallstrom, Smith & Dahlgren, 2005". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "'Zombie worms' found off Sweden". BBC News. October 18, 2005. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  3. ↑ Glover, A. G; Kallstrom, B.; Smith, C. R; Dahlgren, T. G (2005). "World-wide whale worms? A new species of Osedax from the shallow north Atlantic". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 272 (1581): 2587–2592. doi:10.1098/rspb.2005.3275. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 1559975. PMID 16321780.
  4. 1 2 "North Sea marine worm discovered". Natural History Museum. 19 October 2005. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
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