Polychaeta taxon details
original description
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 page(s): 460 [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]
ecology source
Rouse, Greg W.; Goffredi, Shana K. (2023). Osedax (Siboglinidae: Annelida) utilizes shark teeth for nutrition. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 103: efirst: 1-6 (16 May 2023)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315423000243 note: Osedax talkovici recorded on experimental thresher shark jaw seafloor deployment off Monterey [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Etymology authors: "named (noun in the genitive case) for Mark Talkovic, Senior ROV pilot for MBARI, who collected many bones containing Osedax over the years." [details]
Type locality Monterey Submarine Canyon, California, USA, East Pacific Ocean [details]
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