Osedax rubiplumus Rouse et al. 2004 (worm)
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Full reference: G. W. Rouse, S. K. Goffredi, and R. C. Vrijenhoek. 2004. Osedax: Bone-eating marine worms with dwarf males. Science 305:668-671
Belongs to Osedax according to G. W. Rouse et al. 2004
Sister taxon: Osedax frankpressi
Type specimen: CASIZ 170238), an other (mature adult female). Its type locality is Monterey Bay, which is in a Holocene marine horizon in California.
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution: found only at Monterey Bay
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