Osedax rubiplumus

Osedax rubiplumus is a species of bathypelagic Polychaetes that is reported to sustain itself on the bones of dead whales.

Description

Their paedomorphic males are, and have an incompleted prototroch with a posterior hooked chaeta. The species have 16 hooks with 6-8 capitium teeth, which have handles that are. The female ovisac is measured 8 mm by 4 mm by 0.3 mm, with four posterior roots which have spherical lobes. They also have a trunk which is in length and wide with the crown plumes which are in length. The species is found in East North Pacific where it is abundant. They are used in Calmodulin.