Osedax

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Classis: Polychaeta
Subclassis: Palpata
Ordo: Canalipalpata
Subordo: Sabellida
Familia: Siboglinidae
Genus: Osedax
Species: O. frankpressi - O. mucofloris - O. rubiplumus

Name

Osedax Rouse et al., 2004

References

• Rouse G.W., S.K. Goffredi & R.C. Vrijenhoek. 2004. Osedax: Bone-Eating Marine Worms with Dwarf Males. Science 305. No. 5684, pp. 668-671[1]