Osedax mucofloris
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| Genus: | Rouse et al., 2004[1]
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| Species: | O. mucofloris
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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 "bone-eating snot-flower".[2][4]
In popular culture
Osedax mucofloris was a plot device in the Bones episode The Shallow in the Deep, helping to prove that one of the skeletons was much more recent than the others found in a sunken slave ship.
References
- ^ G. W. Rouse, S. K. Goffredi, and R. C. Vrijenhoek (2004). "Osedax: Bone-Eating Marine Worms with Dwarf Males". Science. 305: 668–671. doi:10.1126/science.1098650. PMID 15286372.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "'Zombie worms' found off Sweden". BBC News. 18 October 2005. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
- ^ "World-wide whale worms? A new species of Osedax from the shallow north Atlantic". National Center for Biotechnology Information. 22 December 2005. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
- ^ a b "North Sea marine worm discovered". Natural History Museum. 19 October 2005. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
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