WoRMS taxon details
Osedax frankpressi Rouse, Goffredi & Vrijenhoek, 2004
265979 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:265979)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Rouse, Greg W.; Goffredi, Shana K.; Vrijenhoek, Robert C. (2004). <i>Osedax</i>: Bone-eating marine worms with dwarf males. <em>Science (Washington D.C.).</em> 305(5684): 668-671., available online at https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1098650
page(s): 670, fig. 2A-I [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 670, fig. 2A-I [details] Available for editors
[request]
Holotype CAS CASIZ 170235, geounit Monterey Bay
, Note USA, California (marine)
Holotype CAS CASIZ 170235, geounit Monterey Bay [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality USA, California (marine) [details]
Etymology From Rouse et al. (2004: 670): "In honor of Dr. Frank Press, former U.S. presidential science advisor, president of the...
Etymology From Rouse et al. (2004: 670): "In honor of Dr. Frank Press, former U.S. presidential science advisor, president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and chair of the MBARI Board of Directors, for his distinguished service to science." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Osedax frankpressi Rouse, Goffredi & Vrijenhoek, 2004. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=265979 on 2026-01-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Rouse, Greg W.; Goffredi, Shana K.; Vrijenhoek, Robert C. (2004). <i>Osedax</i>: Bone-eating marine worms with dwarf males. <em>Science (Washington D.C.).</em> 305(5684): 668-671., available online at https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1098650
page(s): 670, fig. 2A-I [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
page(s): 670, fig. 2A-I [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Berman, G.; Johnson, S.; Seid, C.; Vrijenhoek, R.; Rouse, G. (2023). Range extensions of Pacific bone-eating worms (Annelida, Siboglinidae, Osedax). <em>Biodiversity Data Journal.</em> 11., available online at https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/102803/list/8/ [details]
additional source Berman, G.; Johnson, S.; Seid, C.; Vrijenhoek, R.; Rouse, G. (2023). Range extensions of Pacific bone-eating worms (Annelida, Siboglinidae, Osedax). <em>Biodiversity Data Journal.</em> 11., available online at https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/102803/list/8/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Allotype CASIZ 170237, geounit Monterey Bay [details]
Holotype CAS CASIZ 170235, geounit Monterey Bay [details]
Paratype CASIZ 170236, geounit Monterey Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology From Rouse et al. (2004: 670): "In honor of Dr. Frank Press, former U.S. presidential science advisor, president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and chair of the MBARI Board of Directors, for his distinguished service to science." [details]Unreviewed
Biology in whalebones [details]Type locality USA, California (marine) [details]
