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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000006466.1 | HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90 HSP90 CO-CHAPERONE AHA-1 |
| OFRAG00000006467.1 | UBIQUITIN CARBOXYL-TERMINAL HYDROLASE |
| OFRAG00000006468.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006469.1 | SMALL INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEIN 13 |
| OFRAG00000006470.1 | METALLOPROTEASE TLDD |
| OFRAG00000006471.1 | 30S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S18 |
| OFRAG00000006472.1 | DYNACTIN SUBUNIT 5 |
| OFRAG00000006473.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006474.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006475.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006476.1 | PRE-MRNA CLEAVAGE FACTOR IM, 25KD SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000006477.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006478.1 | NOTCH LIGAND FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000006479.1 | CRUMBS FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000006480.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006481.1 | NOTCH LIGAND FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000006482.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006483.1 | TRANSCRIPTIONAL ADAPTOR 2 ADA2 -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006484.1 | GEO07735P1-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006485.1 | MOLTING PROTEIN MLT-4 |
| OFRAG00000006486.1 | SERINE/THREONINE PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000006487.1 | PROLINE IMINOPEPTIDASE |
| OFRAG00000006488.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006489.1 | DNAJ HOMOLOG 1, MITOCHONDRIAL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006490.1 | DYSTROGLYCAN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006491.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006492.1 | RUS1 FAMILY PROTEIN C16ORF58 |
| OFRAG00000006493.1 | MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000006494.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006495.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006496.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006497.1 | TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION FACTOR IIH TFIIH , POLYPEPTIDE 3-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006498.1 | GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000006499.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006500.1 | NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000006501.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006502.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006503.1 | CELL DIVISION CYCLE 20 CDC20 FIZZY -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006504.1 | ADIPOCYTE-SPECIFIC PROTEIN 4-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006505.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006506.1 | BERNARDINELLI-SEIP CONGENITAL LIPODYSTROPHY 2 HOMOLOG BSCL2 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006507.1 | EGF-LIKE-DOMAIN, MULTIPLE 7, 8 |
| OFRAG00000006508.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006509.1 | ANK_REP_REGION DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006510.1 | 26S PROTEASOME NON-ATPASE REGULATORY SUBUNIT 5-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006511.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006512.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006513.1 | UBIQUITIN-LIKE PROTEIN 5 |
| OFRAG00000006514.1 | LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000006515.1 | DNA POLYMERASE EPSILON SUBUNIT 3 |
