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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000004818.1 | PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR GPR1, PUTATIVE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004819.1 | CHROMOSOME TRANSMISSION FIDELITY FACTOR 18 |
| OFRAG00000004820.1 | OSJNBA0004B13.7 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004821.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004822.1 | IQ DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN H |
| OFRAG00000004823.1 | ATP-BINDING CASSETTE SUB-FAMILY C |
| OFRAG00000004824.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004825.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004826.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004827.1 | ACID PHOSPHATASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004828.1 | NUCLEAR AUTOANTIGENIC SPERM PROTEIN NASP -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004829.1 | BAP28 |
| OFRAG00000004830.1 | BTB/POZ DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 10-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004831.1 | NGD5/OSM-6/IFT52 |
| OFRAG00000004832.1 | SQUALENE MONOOXYGENASE |
| OFRAG00000004833.1 | DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE |
| OFRAG00000004834.1 | UBIQUITIN CARBOXYL-TERMINAL HYDROLASE |
| OFRAG00000004835.1 | PROTEIN EVA-1 |
| OFRAG00000004836.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004837.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004838.1 | PHOSPHOLIPID SCRAMBLASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004839.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004840.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004841.1 | THROMBOSPONDIN |
| OFRAG00000004842.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004843.1 | THROMBOSPONDIN |
| OFRAG00000004844.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000004845.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004846.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 12, CATION COTRANSPORTERS |
| OFRAG00000004847.1 | TOL-PAL SYSTEM PROTEIN TOLA |
| OFRAG00000004848.1 | MRNA GUANINE-7- METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000004849.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004850.1 | NUDIX HYDROLASE |
| OFRAG00000004851.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004852.1 | CASEIN KINASE II SUBUNIT ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000004853.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000004854.1 | SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN SM |
| OFRAG00000004855.1 | RIBOSOMAL RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000004856.1 | GRB10 INTERACTING GYF PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004857.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000004858.1 | DRAB11-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004859.1 | PEROXISOMAL TARGETING SIGNAL 1 RECEPTOR PEX5 |
| OFRAG00000004860.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004861.1 | SIALATE O-ACETYLESTERASE |
| OFRAG00000004862.1 | SIALATE O-ACETYLESTERASE |
| OFRAG00000004863.1 | SIALATE O-ACETYLESTERASE |
| OFRAG00000004864.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004865.1 | 39S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L35, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000004866.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 3 SUBUNIT F-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004867.1 | UBIQUITIN CARBOXYL-TERMINAL HYDROLASE |
