Osedax
id:
osedax-179-3846813
title:
Osedax
text:
Osedax is a genus of deep-sea siboglinid polychaetes, commonly called boneworms, zombie worms, or bone-eating worms. Osedax is Latin for "bone-eater". The name alludes to how the worms bore into the bones of whale carcasses to reach enclosed lipids, on which they rely for sustenance. They utilize specialized root tissues for bone-boring. It is possible that multiple species of Osedax reside in the same bone. Osedax worms are also known to feed on the collagen itself by making holes in the whale'
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Genus of annelid worms
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osedax
date created:
2004-07-30T05:35:04Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T23:17:54Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Osedax_roseus.jpg","width":143,"height":255}
fields total:
13
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