A remarkable diversity of bone-eating worms (<it>Osedax</it>; Siboglinidae; Annelida)

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Bone-eating <it>Osedax </it>worms have proved to be surprisingly diverse and widespread. Including the initial description of this genus in 2004, five species that live at depths between 25 and 3,000 m in the eastern and...

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Main Authors: Johnson Shannon B, Vrijenhoek Robert C, Rouse Greg W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-11-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/7/74