Osedax priapus

Osedax priapus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Class:	Polychaeta
Family:	Siboglinidae
Genus:	Osedax
Species:	O. priapus
Binomial name
	Osedax priapus; Rouse et al., 2014,

Osedax priapus is a species of bathypelagic polychaetes that is reported to sustain itself on the bones of dead whales.

Description[]

Unlike other species of Osedax, males of this species grow to a full size and can feed independently of females, thus demonstrating reversal of sexual size dimorphism.^[1]^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Rouse, G. W.; Wilson, N. G.; Worsaae, K.; Vrijenhoek, R. C. (2014). "A Dwarf Male Reversal in Bone-Eating Worms". Current Biology. 25 (2): 236–241. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.11.032. PMID 25496962.
^ "Mega male bone worms discovered". Retrieved December 12, 2014.

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[doi10.1016/j.cub.2014.11.032-1] Rouse, G. W.; Wilson, N. G.; Worsaae, K.; Vrijenhoek, R. C. (2014). "A Dwarf Male Reversal in Bone-Eating Worms". Current Biology. 25 (2): 236–241. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.11.032. PMID 25496962.

[2] "Mega male bone worms discovered". Retrieved December 12, 2014.

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