Osedax frankpressi is a species of bathypelagic polychaete worm that lives on the seabed. It is found on the carcase of a gray whale in Monterey Canyon, off the coast of California, at a depth of 2,891 m. And it is a small worm that speedily colonises the skeleton, sending out root-like threads that force their way into the bone marrow and absorb the nutrients.[5] Inside these root structures are bacteria in the order Oceanospirillales with which the worm is in symbiosis. It is probable that the presence of these bacteria, with their ability to metabolise organic material, enables the worms to live on carcases.
| Species | Phylum | Common Name | Ecosystem | Depth | Habitat | NCBI Taxonomy ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osedax frankpressi | Annelida | deep-sea annelid worms | Hydrothermal vent | 1018 or 2,891 | coasts of California and Mexico | 283776 |
| Genome Assembly | Genome Size | Assembly level | Released year | WGS accession | Submitter | BioProject | BUSCO completeness | Gene Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 285Mb | Scaffold | 2023 | - | HARVARD UNIVERSITY | PRJNA283630 | 80.10% | 14,203 |
| Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
|---|---|---|
| Distinct genomic routes underlie transitions to specialised symbiotic lifestyles in deep-sea annelid worms | nature communications | 37198188 |
| Gene ID | Description |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000004768.1 | PROTEIN ABHD18 |
| OFRAG00000004769.1 | OROFACIAL CLEFT 1 CANDIDATE GENE 1 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004770.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000004771.1 | ALPHA-(1,3)-FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE C-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004772.1 | ALPHA-(1,3)-FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE C-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004773.1 | SODIUM/CHLORIDE DEPENDENT TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000004774.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004775.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000004776.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004777.1 | CADHERIN-23 |
| OFRAG00000004778.1 | PROTEIN ATP6V1FNB-LIKE |
| OFRAG00000004779.1 | HEPARANASE |
| OFRAG00000004780.1 | PROTEIN ATP6V1FNB-LIKE |
| OFRAG00000004781.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004782.1 | FG-GAP REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004783.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004784.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004785.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004786.1 | DELTA(14)-STEROL REDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000004787.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004788.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004789.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004790.1 | RECEPTOR-BINDING CANCER ANTIGEN EXPRESSED ON SISO CELLS CANCER ASSOCIATED SURFACE ANTIGEN RCAS1 ESTROGEN RECEPTOR-BINDING FRAGMENT- ASSOCIATED GENE 9 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004791.1 | PROTEIN LKAAEAR1 |
| OFRAG00000004792.1 | MYOSIN REGULATORY LIGHT CHAIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000004793.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004794.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004795.1 | T-BOX PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004796.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004797.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004798.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004799.1 | ADAMTS A DISINTEGRIN AND METALLOPROTEASE WITH THROMBOSPONDIN MOTIFS PROTEASE |
| OFRAG00000004800.1 | GOLGI MEMBRANE PROTEIN YIP1 |
| OFRAG00000004801.1 | BONUS, ISOFORM C-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004802.1 | SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE CU-ZN -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004803.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000004804.1 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L31 |
| OFRAG00000004805.1 | CHLOROPLAST 50S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L22-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004806.1 | NADH-UBIQUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000004807.1 | TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CATION CHANNEL PROTEIN PAINLESS |
| OFRAG00000004808.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000004809.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004810.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004811.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004812.1 | LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000004813.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL GLYCAN, CLASS N |
| OFRAG00000004814.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000004815.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000004816.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000004817.1 | MACROGLOBULIN / COMPLEMENT |
