Osedax priapus
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| Genus: | Rouse et al., 2004[1]
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| Spesies: | O. priapus
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| Osedax priapus Rouse et al., 2014,[2]
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Osedax priapus adalah cacing dasar laut yang dapat bertahan hidup dengan mengakar ke tulang paus yang sudah mati.
Deskripsi
Tidak seperti spesies dalam genus Osedax lainnya, cacing jantan dalam spesies ini dapat tumbuh besar dan mencari makan di tulang paus secara independen dari cacing betina.[2][3]
Referensi
- ^ G. W. Rouse; S. K. Goffredi; R. C. Vrijenhoek (2004). "Osedax: Bone-Eating Marine Worms with Dwarf Males". Science. 305: 668–671. doi:10.1126/science.1098650. PMID 15286372.
- ^ 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: 236–241. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.11.032. PMID 25496962.
- ^ "Mega male bone worms discovered". Diakses tanggal December 12, 2014.
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