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Whale Bone-Devouring Worm Into More Than Just Whales

Kevin Zelnio April 17, 2011 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

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…

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Deep Sea 101: Introduction and What Is the Deep Sea?

Kevin Zelnio January 26, 2011 Best of Zelnio deep sea Habitat seafloor

This semester I am teaching a full on lecture course in Deep Sea Biology at my institution. It is a great opportunity for me and…

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Coral Organisms

Deep-corals provide habitat for numerous associated species

Peter Etnoyer May 2, 2008 Anthozoa Catshark Coral Fish Nursery gorgonian Habitat Lophelia Niche Octocoral Oculina Plumarella Primnoa Rockfish Scleractinia

The biodiversity of Lophelia pertusa bioherms in the North Atlantic rivals the diversity of a shallow water tropical reef. More than 800 associated species have been documented in association.

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