Description
General:
Visible white stripe on palps.
Geographic Information
Habitat description:
Benthic, on vertebrate bones.
Additional Information
References
Encyclopedia of LifeTree of Life
World Register of Marine Species
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Rouse, G.W., S.K. Goffredi, and R.C. Vrijenhoek (2004). Osedax: Bone-eating marine worms with dwarf males. Science, 305: 668-671. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1098650
Citation:
Osedax frankpressi
(Rouse et al. 2004) Deep-Sea Guide (DSG) at http://dsg/mbari.org/dsg/view/concept/Osedax%20frankpressi. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Consulted on 2024-11-22.