Marine worms (genus Osedax) colonize cow bones

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1633, 2008, Pages 387-391

  Jones, William J ^a,c   Johnson, Shannon B ^a   Rouse, Greg W ^b   Vrijenhoek, Robert C ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annelida; Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I; Polychaeta; Siboglinidae; Whale fall

Indexed keywords

BONE; CATTLE; COLONIZATION; EGG PRODUCTION; ENDOPARASITE; GROWTH RATE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; POLYCHAETE; REPRODUCTION; RUMINANT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE; COW; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GENUS OSEDAX; HOST; MALE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORM;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANNELIDA; CETACEA; OSEDAX; POLYCHAETA; SIBOGLINIDAE; SIPUNCULUS NUDUS;

EID: 37849039266     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1437     Document Type: Article

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