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Osedax Rouse, Goffredi & Vrijenhoek, 2004

265008  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:265008)

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  1. Species Osedax antarcticus Glover, Wiklund & Dahlgren, 2013
  2. Species Osedax braziliensis Fujiwara, Jimi, Sumida, Kawato & Kitazato, 2019
  3. Species Osedax bryani Rouse, Goffredi, Johnson & Vrijenhoek, 2018
  4. Species Osedax byronbayensis Georgieva, Wiklund, Ramos, Neal, Glasby & Gunton, 2023
  5. Species Osedax crouchi Amon, Wiklund, Dahlgren, Copley, Smith, Jamieson & Glover, 2014
  6. Species Osedax deceptionensis Taboada, Cristobo, Avila, Wiklund & Glover, 2013
  7. Species Osedax docricketts Rouse, Goffredi, Johnson & Vrijenhoek, 2018
  8. Species Osedax fenrisi Eilertsen, Dahlgren & Rapp, 2020
  9. Species Osedax frankpressi Rouse, Goffredi & Vrijenhoek, 2004
  10. Species Osedax jabba Rouse, Goffredi, Johnson & Vrijenhoek, 2018
  11. Species Osedax japonicus Fujikura, Fujiwara & Kawato, 2006
  12. Species Osedax knutei Rouse, Goffredi, Johnson & Vrijenhoek, 2018
  13. Species Osedax lehmani Rouse, Goffredi, Johnson & Vrijenhoek, 2018
  14. Species Osedax lonnyi Rouse, Goffredi, Johnson & Vrijenhoek, 2018
  15. Species Osedax mucofloris Glover, Kallstrom, Smith & Dahlgren, 2005
  16. Species Osedax nordenskjoeldi Amon, Wiklund, Dahlgren, Copley, Smith, Jamieson & Glover, 2014
  17. Species Osedax packardorum Rouse, Goffredi, Johnson & Vrijenhoek, 2018
  18. Species Osedax priapus Rouse, Wilson, Worsaae & Vrijenhoek, 2015
  19. Species Osedax randyi Rouse, Goffredi, Johnson & Vrijenhoek, 2018
  20. Species Osedax rogersi Amon, Wiklund, Dahlgren, Copley, Smith, Jamieson & Glover, 2014
  21. Species Osedax roseus Rouse, Worsaae, Johnson, Jones & Vrijenhoek, 2008
  22. Species Osedax rubiplumus Rouse, Goffredi & Vrijenhoek, 2004
  23. Species Osedax ryderi Rouse, Goffredi, Johnson & Vrijenhoek, 2018
  24. Species Osedax sigridae Rouse, Goffredi, Johnson & Vrijenhoek, 2018
  25. Species Osedax talkovici Rouse, Goffredi, Johnson & Vrijenhoek, 2018
  26. Species Osedax tiburon Rouse, Goffredi, Johnson & Vrijenhoek, 2018
  27. Species Osedax ventana Rouse, Goffredi, Johnson & Vrijenhoek, 2018
  28. Species Osedax waadjum Georgieva, Wiklund, Ramos, Neal, Glasby & Gunton, 2023
  29. Species Osedax westernflyer Rouse, Goffredi, Johnson & Vrijenhoek, 2018
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Rouse, Greg W.; Goffredi, S. K.; Vrijenhoek, R. C. (2004). Osedax: bone-eating marine worms with dwarf males. <em>Science (Washington D C.</em> 305: 668-671., available online at https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1098650 [details]   
Etymology Authors: "From Latin os, bone, and edax, devouring" Gender masculine  
Etymology Authors: "From Latin os, bone, and edax, devouring" Gender masculine [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Osedax Rouse, Goffredi & Vrijenhoek, 2004. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=265008 on 2024-03-19
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2008-01-04 11:38:56Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2013-09-16 22:45:09Z
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2019-01-14 22:33:18Z
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original description Rouse, Greg W.; Goffredi, S. K.; Vrijenhoek, R. C. (2004). Osedax: bone-eating marine worms with dwarf males. <em>Science (Washington D C.</em> 305: 668-671., available online at https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1098650 [details]   

taxonomy source Rouse, Greg W.; Goffredi, Shana K.; Johnson, Shannon B.; Vrijenhoek, Robert C. (2018). An inordinate fondness for Osedax (Siboglinidae: Annelida): Fourteen new species of bone worms from California. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4377(4): 451-489., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4377.4.1 [details]   

additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]   

ecology source Rouse, Greg; Wilson, Nerida; Worsaae, Katrine; Vrijenhoek, Robert. (2015). A Dwarf Male Reversal in Bone-Eating Worms. <em>Current Biology.</em> 25: 236-241., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.11.032 [details]   

ecology source Vrijenhoek, R. C.; Johnson, S. B.; Rouse, G. W. (2008). Bone-eating Osedax females and their ‘harems' of dwarf males are recruited from a common larval pool. <em>Molecular Ecology.</em> 17(20): 4535-4544., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294x.2008.03937.x [details]   
 
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Diagnosis Updated genus diagnosis from Rouse et. al. 2018: Diagnosis. Siboglinids with females having a contractile trunk, bulbous ovisac, and branching ‘roots’. A crown of palps usually present, with or without pinnules. Trunk lies within transparent tube emergent from bone surface. Mostly males are dwarfs resembling larvae, exceptionally having a crown, contractile trunk, bulbous testis sac, and branching ‘roots’, as in O. priapus. Crown in females, when present, comprised of cylindrical oviduct plus four palps. Osedax priapus, the only species known to produce adult bone-eating males, has crown with only two palps. No mouth or obvious gut. Cylindrical trunk comprised mostly of longitudinal muscles and glands, with large dorsal and ventral blood vessels present. Oviduct or sperm duct runs dorsally along trunk surface into posterior ovisac, or testis sac. Ovisac or testis sac enclosed by epidermis and trophosome with bacteriocytes, which also extends outwards as vascularized ‘roots’. No chaetae or segmentation apparent in females or bone-eating males. In most species, paedomorphic dwarf males cluster around oviduct in gelatinous tube surrounding trunk of female. The dwarf males possess anterior prototroch and posterior hooked chaetae arranged on two segments. Hooks, lacking rostrum, comprise capitium with curved teeth over subrostral process. Internally, males contain spermatids and sperm anteriorly. [details]

Etymology Authors: "From Latin os, bone, and edax, devouring" Gender masculine [details]

Grammatical gender masculine, fide authors. [details]
LanguageName 
English zombie wormsbonewormsbone-eating wormsbone-eating marine worms  [details]
German ZombiewürmerKnochenwürmerKnochenfressende Würmer  [details]
Japanese ホネクイハナムシ属  [details]