bone-eating snot flower worm

Definitions

A worm-like creature, Osedax mucofloris, that feeds on the carcasses of minke whales in the North Sea.

Examples

“Bone-eating snot flower (Osedax mucofloris) is the unglamorous name⟳ given to a species of worm discovered feeding off minke whale carcasses in the North Sea”

“Once all the meat has been stripped away, even the bones provide⟳ food for a creature called the "bone-eating snot flower worm" (Osedax mucofloris).”

“Known informally as the bone-eating snot-flower worm, it looks like⟳ a frilly pink plume growing up out of sheer bone”

“Such a range of habitats along with a wide range of feeding strategies, including predation, deposit⟳ feeding, filter feeding, parasitism and symbiosis, as well as the unusual strategy adopted by the bone-eating snot-flower worm”

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