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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000006183.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006184.1 | TOL-PAL SYSTEM PROTEIN TOLA |
| OFRAG00000006185.1 | TOL-PAL SYSTEM PROTEIN TOLA |
| OFRAG00000006186.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006187.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006188.1 | TOL-PAL SYSTEM PROTEIN TOLA |
| OFRAG00000006189.1 | NADPH OXIDASE |
| OFRAG00000006190.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT PERMEASE MDL1, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000006191.1 | DNAJ HOMOLOG SUBFAMILY C MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000006192.1 | UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE E3A-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006193.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006194.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006195.1 | NETRIN/LAMININ-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006196.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006197.1 | NETRIN/LAMININ-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006198.1 | IG(IMMUNOGLOBULIN) AND LRR(LEUCINE RICH REPEAT) DOMAINS |
| OFRAG00000006199.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006200.1 | RAN GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000006201.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006202.1 | ACTIN |
| OFRAG00000006203.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006204.1 | BLR2807 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006205.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006206.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000006207.1 | UPF0764 PROTEIN C16ORF89 |
| OFRAG00000006208.1 | SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE CYTOCHROME B560 SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000006209.1 | CARDIOLIPIN HYDROLASE |
| OFRAG00000006210.1 | DESUMOYLATING ISOPEPTIDASE |
| OFRAG00000006211.1 | NUCLEAR PROTEIN SKIP-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006212.1 | PHYTANOYL-COA DIOXYGENASE DOMAIN CONTAINING 1 |
| OFRAG00000006213.1 | MOLTING PROTEIN MLT-4 |
| OFRAG00000006214.1 | ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX SUBUNIT 3 |
| OFRAG00000006215.1 | BARRIER TO AUTOINTEGRATION FACTOR 2 |
| OFRAG00000006216.1 | ECTONUCLEOTIDE PYROPHOSPHATASE/PHOSPHODIESTERASE |
| OFRAG00000006217.1 | STRIATIN |
| OFRAG00000006218.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006219.1 | WD-40 REPEAT PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006220.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006221.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006222.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006223.1 | GRIP AND COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000006224.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006225.1 | GOLGI SNARE BET1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006226.1 | RING FINGER AND CCCH-TYPE ZINC FINGER DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006226.2 | RING FINGER AND CCCH-TYPE ZINC FINGER DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006227.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000006228.1 | DULLARD PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000006229.1 | P53 INDUCED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006230.1 | A1 CISTRON SPLICING FACTOR AAR2-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006231.1 | - |
