Not whale - fall specialists , Osedax worms also consume fishbones Greg
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Greg W. Rouse1,*, Shana K. Goffredi2, Shannon B. Johnson3 and Robert C. Vrijenhoek3 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0202, USA Biology Department, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles, CA 90041, USA Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, 7700 Sandholdt Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039-9644, USA *Author for correspondence ([email protected]).
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Not whale-fall specialists, Osedax worms also consume fishbones.
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