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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000005109.1 | DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES III 80 KDA POLYPEPTIDE RNA POLYMERASE III SUBUNIT 5 |
| OFRAG00000005110.1 | RIB43A-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005111.1 | F20B24.22 |
| OFRAG00000005112.1 | DEHYDROGENASE RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005112.2 | DEHYDROGENASE RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005113.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 218 |
| OFRAG00000005114.1 | VACUOLAR SORTING PROTEIN VPS29 |
| OFRAG00000005115.1 | MIXED LINEAGE PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000005116.1 | UBIQUITIN CARBOXYL-TERMINAL HYDROLASE |
| OFRAG00000005117.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005118.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005119.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005120.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005121.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005122.1 | HL01030P-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005123.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS |
| OFRAG00000005124.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005125.1 | DTDP-D-GLUCOSE 4,6-DEHYDRATASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005126.1 | SODIUM/CHLORIDE DEPENDENT TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000005127.1 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L35A |
| OFRAG00000005128.1 | 30S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S14 |
| OFRAG00000005129.1 | CADHERIN-23 |
| OFRAG00000005130.1 | ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME |
| OFRAG00000005131.1 | ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME |
| OFRAG00000005132.1 | ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME |
| OFRAG00000005133.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 22 MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000005134.1 | CRUMBS FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000005135.1 | STROMAL INTERACTION MOLECULE HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000005136.1 | STEROID RECEPTOR RNA ACTIVATOR 1 |
| OFRAG00000005137.1 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L21 |
| OFRAG00000005138.1 | UBIQUITIN CARBOXYL-TERMINAL HYDROLASE |
| OFRAG00000005139.1 | MICROSOMAL SIGNAL PEPTIDASE 23 KD SUBUNIT SPC22/23 |
| OFRAG00000005140.1 | MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 1, 3 |
| OFRAG00000005141.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005142.1 | SYNDECAN |
| OFRAG00000005143.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005144.1 | PROTEIN CBG05131 |
| OFRAG00000005145.1 | DUAL SPECIFICITY PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000005146.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005147.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005148.1 | COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 43 |
| OFRAG00000005149.1 | FI01416P |
| OFRAG00000005150.1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT AND LEM DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000005151.1 | MRNA TURNOVER PROTEIN 4 MRTO4 |
| OFRAG00000005152.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005153.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000005154.1 | ARMADILLO REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 4 ARMC4 |
| OFRAG00000005155.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005156.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN BARH-LIKE |
| OFRAG00000005157.1 |
