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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000000631.1 | DER1-LIKE PROTEIN, DERLIN |
| OFRAG00000000632.1 | COPINE FAMILY PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000000633.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN DZIP1 |
| OFRAG00000000634.1 | 39S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L45, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000000635.1 | 60S ACIDIC RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN P0 |
| OFRAG00000000636.1 | HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN |
| OFRAG00000000637.1 | MORN REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000000638.1 | DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE ACETYL/SUCCINYL-TRANSFERASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000639.1 | AATF PROTEIN APOPTOSIS ANTAGONIZING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000000640.1 | LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LIKE |
| OFRAG00000000641.1 | TRANSLATION FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000000642.1 | PEROXISOMAL MEMBRANE PROTEIN 2, PXMP2 MPV17 |
| OFRAG00000000643.1 | U2 SNRNP AUXILIARY FACTOR, SMALL SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000000644.1 | MOTILE SPERM DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000000645.1 | LD41958P |
| OFRAG00000000646.1 | TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT PROTEIN 11 TPR REPEAT PROTEIN 11 |
| OFRAG00000000647.1 | YES-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN YAP1 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000000647.2 | YES-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN YAP1 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000000648.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000649.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000650.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000651.1 | DUAL OXIDASE 2 |
| OFRAG00000000652.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000653.1 | NADPH OXIDASE |
| OFRAG00000000654.1 | MYOSUPPRESSIN RECEPTOR 1, ISOFORM B-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000655.1 | ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000000656.1 | FIBROIN HEAVY CHAIN FIB-H LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000657.1 | PHOSPHOLIPID SCRAMBLASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000658.1 | RHO GUANINE EXCHANGE FACTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000659.1 | T-COMPLEX-ASSOCIATED-TESTIS-EXPRESSED 1/ DYNEIN LIGHT CHAIN |
| OFRAG00000000660.1 | PROTEIN ECT2 |
| OFRAG00000000661.1 | DNAJ HOMOLOG SUBFAMILY C MEMBER 9 |
| OFRAG00000000662.1 | NON-SPECIFIC LETHAL 1, ISOFORM M |
| OFRAG00000000663.1 | MRN COMPLEX-INTERACTING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000664.1 | 50S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L3 |
| OFRAG00000000665.1 | NUCLEAR MITOTIC APPARATUS PROTEIN 1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000666.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000667.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000668.1 | SEQUESTOSOME 1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000669.1 | PROTEASE FAMILY M14 CARBOXYPEPTIDASE A,B |
| OFRAG00000000670.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000671.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000000672.1 | RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S19P FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000000673.1 | 4.1 G PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000673.2 | 4.1 G PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000674.1 | RASSF |
| OFRAG00000000675.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000676.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000677.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000678.1 |
