New species of bone-eating worm Osedax from the abyssal South Atlantic Ocean (Annelida, Siboglinidae)
A new species of bone-eating annelid, Osedax braziliensis sp. n., found in a sunken whale carcass at a depth of 4,204 m at the base of the São Paulo Ridge in the South Atlantic Ocean off the Brazilian coast is described. The organism was retrieved using the human-occupied vehicle S...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2019-01-01
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| Series: | ZooKeys |
| Online Access: | https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/28869/ |