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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000005937.1 | MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000005938.1 | TRNA 5-METHYLAMINOMETHYL-2-THIOURIDYLATE -METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000005939.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005940.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005941.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005942.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005943.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005944.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005945.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005946.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005947.1 | ATP-BINDING CASSETTE SUB-FAMILY C |
| OFRAG00000005948.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000005949.1 | JITTERBUG, ISOFORM N |
| OFRAG00000005950.1 | ZINC FINGER B-BOX DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000005950.2 | ZINC FINGER B-BOX DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000005951.1 | METHIONYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE |
| OFRAG00000005952.1 | CONSERVED OLIGOMERIC GOLGI COMPLEX COMPONENT 3 |
| OFRAG00000005953.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005954.1 | PROTEIN LLP HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000005955.1 | DISCOIDIN, CUB, EGF, LAMININ , AND ZINC METALLOPROTEASE DOMAIN CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000005956.1 | DISCOIDIN, CUB, EGF, LAMININ , AND ZINC METALLOPROTEASE DOMAIN CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000005957.1 | APICAL ENDOSOMAL GLYCOPROTEIN PRECURSOR. |
| OFRAG00000005958.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000005959.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005960.1 | APICAL ENDOSOMAL GLYCOPROTEIN PRECURSOR. |
| OFRAG00000005961.1 | SUCCINYL-COA SYNTHETASE BETA CHAIN |
| OFRAG00000005962.1 | ALPHA/BETA HYDROLASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000005963.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005964.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005965.1 | NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000005966.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005967.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000005967.2 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000005968.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005969.1 | TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-BETA RECEPTOR TYPE I AND II |
| OFRAG00000005970.1 | ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000005971.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005972.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005973.1 | EGF-LIKE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000005974.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005975.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005976.1 | MUCIN 4-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005977.1 | PEPTIDYL-PROLYL CIS-TRANS ISOMERASE-LIKE 4 |
| OFRAG00000005978.1 | PROTEASOME ASSEMBLY CHAPERONE 1 |
| OFRAG00000005979.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005980.1 | PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000005981.1 | GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE I |
| OFRAG00000005981.2 | GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE I |
| OFRAG00000005982.1 | HOMEO BOX HB9 LIKE A-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005983.1 | SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE |
