We have a long history of being HUGE fans of the “bone-devouring zombie worm from hell”. Osedax species were described less than 10 years ago and much work on their reproduction, evolution and ecology has yielded incredible insights into a unique and bizarre way of life! Early on, Osedax was only found on whale bones . . . → Read More: Whale Bone-Devouring Worm Into More Than Just Whales
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By Kevin Zelnio, on  April 17th, 2011  5 comments  Adaptations, Ecology, Mating & Reproduction, New Research, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls  Adrian Glover, Best of Zelnio, bone, Bone Worm, Colonization, Craig Smith, deep sea, dwarf male, fish, Greg Rouse, Habitat, Life History, lipid, Monterey Canyon, Nutrition, Osedax, Robert Vrijenhoek, Whale Fall By Dr. M, on August 11th, 2009 3 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Fish, Life Science, New Research, Uncategorized abyss, carbon cycle, detritus, echinoderm, fatty acid, food web, grenadier, lipid, macrourids, marine snow, Pacific, predator, prey, rattail, Scavenger, Station M., trophic Photo courtesy of MBARI. Coryphaenoides acrolepis in Monterey Canyon. Rattail fish are caught and sold under the more palatable name, "grenadier." However, the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program recommends that consumers do not purchase or eat grenadier because the fish grow very slowly and may not reproduce until they are 30 or 40 years . . . → Read More: Simple Summer Recipes for Dead Seafloor Carrion
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