WoRMS taxon details
Osedax
AphiaID: 265008
AphiaID: 265008
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Sabellida (Order) > Siboglinidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Osedax rubiplumus Rouse, Goffredi & Vrijenhoek, 2004 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Siboglinidae | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Rouse, G.W.; Goffredi, S.K.; and Vrijenhoek, R.C. 2004. Osedax: bone-eating marine worms with dwarf males. Science (Washington D C), 305(5684):668-671 [details] basis of record: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Osedax frankpressi Rouse, Goffredi & Vrijenhoek, 2004 Species Osedax japonicus Fujikura, Fujiwara &, Kawato, 2006 Species Osedax mucofloris Glover, Kallstrom, Smith & Dahlgren, 2005 Species Osedax roseus Rouse, Worsaae, Johnson, Jones & Vrijenhoek, 2008 Species Osedax rubiplumus Rouse, Goffredi & Vrijenhoek, 2004 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| Link | To GenBank | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:265008 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Osedax. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=265008 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||
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