Osedax frankpressi Rouse, Goffredi & Vrijenhoek, 2004 
AphiaID: 265979

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Sabellida (Order) > Siboglinidae (Family) > Osedax (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Osedax
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]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		East North Pacific [details]
Links		To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
Notes		Biology: in whalebones [details] Type locality: USA, California (marine) [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:265979
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-01-04 16:28:44Z   created   van der Land, Jacob 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian
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		Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Osedax frankpressi Rouse, Goffredi & Vrijenhoek, 2004. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=265979 on 2013-05-25