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Higgs, ND, Glover, AG, Dahlgren, TG et al. (6 more authors) (2014) The morphological diversity of Osedax worm borings (Annelidia: Siboglinidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 94 (7). 1429 - 1439. ISSN 1469-7769
Abstract
Marine worms in the genus Osedax, have specialized ‘root’ tissues used to bore into the bones of decomposing vertebrate skeletons and obtain nutrition. We investigated the borings of nine Osedax species, using micro computed tomography to quantitatively describe the morphology of the borings and provide three-dimensional reconstructions of the space occupied by Osedax root tissues inside the bone. Each Osedax species displayed a consistent boring morphology in any given bone, but these differed between bones. In bones where multiple species coexisted there was limited evidence for spatial niche partitioning by Osedax root tissues inside the bones investigated here. The new morphological data may be applied to Osedax traces in fossil bones, showing that borings can be used to indicate minimum species richness in these bones.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2014. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy |
Keywords: | Bioerosion; deep-sea; whale-fall; Polychaeta; taphonomy; trace fossil; computed tomography |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Feb 2015 14:14 |
Last Modified: | 16 Jan 2018 05:42 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315414000770 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0025315414000770 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:82860 |
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The morphological diversity of Osedax worm borings (Annelidia: Siboglinidae). (deposited 12 Jan 2015 16:19)
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