Osedax rubiplumus is a species of bathypelagic Polychaetes that is reported to sustain itself on the bones of dead whales.
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| Osedax rubiplumus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Order: | Sabellida |
| Family: | Siboglinidae |
| Genus: | Osedax |
| Species: | O. rubiplumus
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| Osedax rubiplumus | |
Description
editTheir paedomorphic males are 0.4–1.1 millimetres (0.016–0.043 in), and have an incompleted prototroch with a posterior hooked chaeta. The species have 16 hooks with 6-8 capitium teeth, which have handles that are 18–23 micrometres (0.00071–0.00091 in). The female ovisac is measured 8 mm by 4 mm by 0.3 mm, with four posterior roots which have spherical lobes. They also have a trunk which is 3.8 centimetres (1.5 in) in length and 2 millimetres (0.079 in) wide with the crown plumes which are 2.1 centimetres (0.83 in) in length.[2] The species is found in East North Pacific where it is abundant.[1] They are used in Calmodulin.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Rouse, G.W.; Goffredi, S.K. & Vrijenhoek, R.C. (2004). "Osedax rubiplumus Rouse, Goffredi & Vrijenhoek, 2004". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ^ Chris Allen. "Osedax rubiplumus". Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ^ "C7BAI6". Retrieved March 20, 2013.
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