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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000005060.1 | HISTIDINE-RICH GLYCOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000005061.1 | SPERMATOGENESIS-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 48 |
| OFRAG00000005062.1 | CARBONYL REDUCTASE 1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005063.1 | NOTCH LIGAND FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000005064.1 | CELL DIVISION PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000005065.1 | ADP RIBOSYLATION FACTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005066.1 | MUTATED IN BLADDER CANCER 1 |
| OFRAG00000005067.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT PERMEASE MDL1, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000005068.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005069.1 | INTERFERON-RELATED DEVELOPMENTAL REGULATOR |
| OFRAG00000005070.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005071.1 | DPY-19-LIKE 1, LIKE (H. SAPIENS) |
| OFRAG00000005072.1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT FAMILY A |
| OFRAG00000005072.2 | ANK_REP_REGION DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005073.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 3 SUBUNIT F-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005074.1 | PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1 REGULATORY SUBUNIT SDS22-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005075.1 | AB HYDROLASE SUPERFAMILY PROTEIN C4A8.06C |
| OFRAG00000005076.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000005077.1 | SI:DKEY-97L20.6 |
| OFRAG00000005078.1 | BAND 7 PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005079.1 | BAND 7 PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005080.1 | PARTITIONING DEFECTIVE 3 RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005081.1 | SUGAR-1-PHOSPHATE GUANYL TRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000005082.1 | CILIA AND FLAGELLA-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 58-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005083.1 | RUVB-RELATED REPTIN AND PONTIN |
| OFRAG00000005084.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 43 MEMBER 3-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005085.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005086.1 | HFM1, ATP DEPENDENT DNA HELICASE HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000005087.1 | HFM1, ATP DEPENDENT DNA HELICASE HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000005088.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005089.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005090.1 | TUDOR DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000005091.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005092.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE EMP24 DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000005093.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 13 MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000005094.1 | MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR COMPONENT-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005095.1 | GUANYLYL CYCLASE |
| OFRAG00000005096.1 | CATION EFFLUX PROTEIN/ ZINC TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000005097.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005098.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005099.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005100.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005101.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005102.1 | FRIZZLED |
| OFRAG00000005103.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005104.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005105.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005106.1 | TETRASPANIN |
| OFRAG00000005107.1 | LSM1 |
| OFRAG00000005108.1 | RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L2 |
