FIGURE 18. Osedax bryani n in An inordinate fondness for Osedax (Siboglinidae: Annelida): Fourteen new species of bone worms from California

FIGURE 18. Osedax bryani n. sp., previously Osedax 'MB17'. A. Micrograph of live holotype (SIO-BIC A4619), female in dorsal view, removed from its tube and showing crown, trunk and part of ovisac. Oviduct lies between dorsalmost pair of palps. Little apparent pigmentation around anterior trunk B. Ventral view of live holotype (SIO-BIC A4619) showing white pigmentation anteriorly with midventral gap. Pinnules of all palps oriented dorsally. Arrow indicates oval unpigmented patch. C. Differential interference micrograph (from a stack series) of a solitary male (or larval stage?) dissected from tube of holotype (SIO-BIC A4619). Some hooks are visible in expanded posterior region. No mature sperm is visible though there are several bundles of spermatids.