FIGURE 5. Osedax westernflyer n in An inordinate fondness for Osedax (Siboglinidae: Annelida): Fourteen new species of bone worms from California

FIGURE 5. Osedax westernflyer n. sp., previously Osedax 'nude-palp-D'. A. Lateral view of Osedax westernflyer n. sp. paratype (SIO-BIC A7802), with distinctive white pigment (or bacteria) on palps, while still living and in degraded bone. B. Ventro-lateral view of paratype (SIO-BIC A7803) dissected from bone and still alive. Note ventral lobe-like projection of anterior trunk beneath palps (arrow). Oviduct is about half length of the palps. C. Dorsal view of holotype (SIO-BIC A1645) dissected from bone and still alive.