Template:Did you know nominations/Osedax frankpressi

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:08, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Osedax frankpressi

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• ... that larvae of Osedax frankpressi that settle on a whale carcase develop into female worms while those that settle on female worms become males?
  • ALT0a ... that it appears that larvae of Osedax frankpressi that settle on a whale carcase develop into female worms while those that settle on the female worms become males?
  • ALT1:... that the worm Osedax frankpressi lives on the carcases of whales that fall to the seabed?

• Reviewed: Amy H. Herring

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 18:37, 4 November 2017 (UTC).

@Cwmhiraeth::

• Note to promoter: I'm still new at DYK reviewing.
• Article is long enough (2023 char of readable prose size), new enough (5x expanded on 29 Oct).
• Article is neutral.
• Every paragraph is referenced, doesn't seem to be any copyright violations
• Hooks are interesting, although I'm not used to the spelling "carcase" for "carcass". I'll assume this is an acceptable spelling. I think the first hook could be slightly reworded. Its not that if O. frankpressi land on any female worm, but presumably of adult female O. frankpressi.
• Also the source for hook one prefaces the claim with "It is thought that", so I'm not entirely sure if it's okay to remove the hedge? Source [1] also hedges it: "We hypothesize that sex may be environmentally determined in Osedax [...]."
• Hook two has no issues.
• QPQ done.

Umimmak (talk) 03:35, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

• @Umimmak: I have rephrased the original hook and the article. My spellchecker does not object to "carcases". Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:41, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

• @Cwmhiraeth: Thanks, I approve of hook ALT0a 10:20, 6 November 2017 (UTC)