May 102010
frankpressi.jpg is a female of Osedax frankpressi that has been dissected from the whalebone. The green tissue is where the bacteria are found and part of is has been torn exposing the white ovary.
Laboratory photo of one of the newly discovered bone-eating worms, Osedax frankpressi, which has been removed from a whale bone. Normally only the red and white plumes and the pinkish trunk would be visible. The greenish roots and whitish ovary would be hidden inside the bone.

