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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000005596.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL GLYCAN, CLASS C |
| OFRAG00000005597.1 | INOSITOL 5-PHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000005598.1 | GAMMA-GLUTAMYLPUTRESCINE SYNTHETASE |
| OFRAG00000005599.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005600.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005601.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005602.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005603.1 | CLEAVAGE AND POLYADENYLATION SPECIFIC FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000005604.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000005605.1 | BICOID-INTERACTING PROTEIN RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005606.1 | HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN U FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000005607.1 | TESTIS-EXPRESSED PROTEIN 264 |
| OFRAG00000005608.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005609.1 | ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE |
| OFRAG00000005610.1 | ELECTRON CARRIER/ PROTEIN DISULFIDE OXIDOREDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000005611.1 | NUCLEOPORIN NUP43 |
| OFRAG00000005612.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005613.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005614.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005615.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005616.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005617.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005618.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005619.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005620.1 | STEROL ISOMERASE |
| OFRAG00000005621.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005622.1 | ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ATF 4/5 |
| OFRAG00000005623.1 | RE60986P |
| OFRAG00000005624.1 | SJOEGREN SYNDROME/SCLERODERMA AUTOANTIGEN 1 |
| OFRAG00000005625.1 | HISTIDINE TRIAD HIT PROTEIN MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000005626.1 | N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000005627.1 | ARMADILLO-TYPE FOLD-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005628.1 | PROTEIN CBG06927 |
| OFRAG00000005629.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005630.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005631.1 | WD40 REPEAT DOMAIN 95 |
| OFRAG00000005632.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN ARISTALESS |
| OFRAG00000005633.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005634.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005635.1 | PEPTIDYL-PROLYL CIS-TRANS ISOMERASE |
| OFRAG00000005636.1 | SPERMATHECAL PHYSIOLOGY VARIANT |
| OFRAG00000005637.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005638.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000005639.1 | PROTEIN PET100 HOMOLOG, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000005640.1 | LIPID PHOSPHATE PHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000005641.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005642.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005643.1 | CYSTEINE-RICH PROTEIN CRIP FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000005644.1 | POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000005645.1 |
