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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000000485.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000486.1 | PDF RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000487.1 | GLYCEROPHOSPHORYL DIESTER PHOSPHODIESTERASE |
| OFRAG00000000488.1 | GLYCEROPHOSPHORYL DIESTER PHOSPHODIESTERASE |
| OFRAG00000000489.1 | KINETOCHORE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000000490.1 | PESCADILLO - RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000491.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000492.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000493.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000493.2 | |
| OFRAG00000000494.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000495.1 | 34 KDA TRANSCRIPTIONAL CO-ACTIVATOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000496.1 | CHITIN SYNTHASE |
| OFRAG00000000497.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000498.1 | RECEPTOR-TYPE TYROSINE-PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000000499.1 | CRUMBS FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000000500.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000501.1 | CRUMBS FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000000502.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000503.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000504.1 | CRUMBS FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000000505.1 | ANILLIN/RHOTEKIN RTKN |
| OFRAG00000000506.1 | PRE-MRNA-PROCESSING FACTOR 17 |
| OFRAG00000000507.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000508.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000509.1 | KH DOMAIN CONTAINING RNA BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000510.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000511.1 | CHROMOSOME-ASSOCIATED KINESIN KIF4A-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000512.1 | 2,5-DIKETO-D-GLUCONIC ACID REDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000000513.1 | METHYLMALONYL-COA MUTASE, MITOCHONDRIAL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000514.1 | DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE |
| OFRAG00000000514.2 | DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE |
| OFRAG00000000515.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000516.1 | MAP/MICROTUBULE AFFINITY-REGULATING KINASE |
| OFRAG00000000517.1 | DEOXYNUCLEOSIDE KINASE |
| OFRAG00000000518.1 | NY-REN-41 ANTIGEN L15 -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000519.1 | ANK_REP_REGION DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000520.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000521.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 13 MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000000522.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000523.1 | PROTEIN SIDEKICK |
| OFRAG00000000524.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000525.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000526.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000527.1 | DYNACTIN P62 SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000000528.1 | PHD FINGER PROTEINS |
| OFRAG00000000529.1 | DNAJ HOMOLOG SUBFAMILY C MEMBER 1 |
| OFRAG00000000530.1 | CALCIUM BINDING PROTEINS |
| OFRAG00000000531.1 | N-MYRISTOYL TRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000000532.1 | MYELOID LEUKEMIA FACTOR |
