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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000006134.1 | SPHINGOSINE KINASE |
| OFRAG00000006135.1 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L18 |
| OFRAG00000006136.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006137.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006138.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006139.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006140.1 | LEUCOKININ RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006141.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006142.1 | LEUCOKININ RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006143.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006144.1 | IODOTHYRONINE DEIODINASE |
| OFRAG00000006145.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006146.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006147.1 | WD-REPEAT PROTEIN INTERACTING WITH PHOSPHOINOSIDES WIPI -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006148.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE DBP3 |
| OFRAG00000006149.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 3 |
| OFRAG00000006150.1 | NADH-UBIQUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE PDSW SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000006151.1 | MAJOR FACILITATOR SUPERFAMILY PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006152.1 | SYNAPTOGYRIN |
| OFRAG00000006153.1 | UDP-GLUCOSE GLYCOPROTEIN:GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000006154.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006155.1 | UDP-GLUCOSE GLYCOPROTEIN:GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000006156.1 | TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION FACTOR TFIID SUBUNIT 8 |
| OFRAG00000006157.1 | RAS-ASSOCIATING DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006158.1 | RAN BINDING PROTEIN 9-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006159.1 | PRE-MRNA SPLICING FACTOR PRP31 |
| OFRAG00000006160.1 | ARFAPTIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006161.1 | POLY A -SPECIFIC RIBONUCLEASE/TARGET OF EGR1, MEMBER 1 |
| OFRAG00000006161.2 | POLY A -SPECIFIC RIBONUCLEASE/TARGET OF EGR1, MEMBER 1 |
| OFRAG00000006162.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006163.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006164.1 | CHROMOSOME 16 OPEN READING FRAME 96 |
| OFRAG00000006165.1 | RNA LARIAT DEBRANCHING ENZYME |
| OFRAG00000006166.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006167.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006168.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006169.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006170.1 | FAM187 |
| OFRAG00000006171.1 | CHAPERONIN |
| OFRAG00000006172.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000006173.1 | RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT 5-MEDIATING PROTEIN NNX3 |
| OFRAG00000006174.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006175.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006176.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006177.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006178.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000006179.1 | SLIT RELATED LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT NEURONAL PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006180.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006181.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006182.1 | METHYLTRANSFERASE TYPE 11 |
