Bone-Eating Worms Spread: Insights into Shallow-Water Osedax (Annelida, Siboglinidae) from Antarctic, Subantarctic, and Mediterranean Waters

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Taboada Moreno, Sergi, Riesgo Gil, Ana, Bas, Maria, Arnedo Lombarte, Miquel Àngel, Cristobo Rodríguez, Francisco Javier, Rouse, Greg W., Ávila Escartín, Conxita
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015
• Subjects: Anèl·lids; Mediterrània (Mar); Antàrtic; Oceà; Annelida; Mediterranean Sea; Antarctic Ocean; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Pacific; Deception Island; South Georgia Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/100510

Osedax, commonly known as bone-eating worms, are unusual marine annelids belonging to Siboglinidae and represent a remarkable example of evolutionary adaptation to a specialized habitat, namely sunken vertebrate bones. Usually, females of these animals live anchored inside bone owing to a ramified r...