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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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Move Over Boneworm, the Bone Snail is Taking Over

Kevin Zelnio December 17, 2010 Best of Zelnio bone MBARI Nutrition Osedax Radula Rubyspira Trophic Ecology Whale Fall

You’ve all heard about the bone-eating zombie worm from hell. Yeah it was like OK, but whatever. It had its day like, you know, way…

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The “Leathery Turtle”

Kevin Zelnio April 20, 2009 Best of Zelnio chemical signals Dermochelys coriacea food Great Turtle Race Hatching jellyfish Leathback Nesting Nutrition sea turtle swimming Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination

This originally posted here during Megavertabrate Week in 2007. I’m reposting it here in honor of the Great Turtle Race of 2009! Good luck turtles!…

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