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Published January 16, 2019 | Version v1
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Figure 2 from: Fujiwara Y, Jimi N, Sumida PYG, Kawato M, Kitazato H (2019) New species of bone-eating worm Osedax from the abyssal South Atlantic Ocean (Annelida, Siboglinidae). ZooKeys 814: 53-69. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.814.28869

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  • 1. Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan
  • 2. Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
  • 3. University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  • 4. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan|Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan

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Figure 2 Whale skeleton discovered at a depth of 4,204 m in the South Atlantic Ocean. A Sunken whale skeleton of the Atlantic minke whale (Balaenopterabonaerensis). Seven vertebrae are visible in this field of view. Osedaxbraziliensis sp. n. had colonised the first two bones on the right B Close-up view of a vertebra colonized by O.braziliensis sp. n. Galatheid crabs (Munidopsis spp.), amphipods (Stephonyx sp.), and gastropods (Rubyspira sp.) were also seen on and around the bones.

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