Global InformationOsedax roseus information
| Osedax roseus | |
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| Osedax roseus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Order: | Sabellida |
| Family: | Siboglinidae |
| Genus: | Osedax |
| Species: | O. roseus
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| Osedax roseus Rouse, Worsaae, Johnson, Jones & Vrijenhoek, 2008[1]
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Osedax roseus is a species of bathypelagic polychaete worm that lives at abyssal depths and is able to sustain itself on the bones of dead whales.[2] The species is found in the North East Pacific.[1]
- ^ a b Glover, Adrian (2008). "Osedax roseus Rouse, Worsaae, Johnson, Jones & Vrijenhoek, 2008". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ^ Rouse, G.W.; Worsaae, K.; Johnson, S.B.; Jones, W.J.; Vrijenhoek, R.C. (February 2008). "Acquisition of dwarf male "harems" by recently settled females of Osedax roseus n. sp. (Siboglinidae; Annelida)". Biol Bull. 214 (1): 67–82. doi:10.2307/25066661. JSTOR 25066661. PMID 18258777.