Global InformationOsedax priapus information
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Order: | Sabellida |
| Family: | Siboglinidae |
| Genus: | Osedax |
| Species: | O. priapus
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| Binomial name | |
| Osedax priapus Rouse et al., 2014,[1]
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Osedax priapus is a species of bathypelagic annelid polychaete worms that consume the nutrients inside the bones of dead whales or other vertebrates.
- ^ Rouse, G. W.; Wilson, N. G.; Worsaae, K.; Vrijenhoek, R. C. (2014). "A Dwarf Male Reversal in Bone-Eating Worms". Current Biology. 25 (2): 236–241. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.11.032. PMID 25496962.