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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000007863.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007864.1 | EGF-LIKE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000007865.1 | CARBOXYMETHYLENEBUTENOLIDASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000007866.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE |
| OFRAG00000007867.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE DBP3 |
| OFRAG00000007868.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000007869.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000007870.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007871.1 | SUGAR KINASE |
| OFRAG00000007872.1 | BETA TRANSDUCIN-RELATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000007873.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007874.1 | PLECKSTRIN HOMOLOGY PH DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000007875.1 | PLECKSTRIN HOMOLOGY PH DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000007876.1 | RIBOSE-PHOSPHATE DIPHOSPHOKINASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000007877.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007878.1 | PINSTRIPE, ISOFORM A |
| OFRAG00000007879.1 | THIOSULFATE SULFERTANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000007880.1 | COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING 166 |
| OFRAG00000007881.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007882.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007883.1 | VWFC DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000007884.1 | DNA POLYMERASE DELTA SUBUNIT 3 |
| OFRAG00000007885.1 | TOL-PAL SYSTEM PROTEIN TOLA |
| OFRAG00000007886.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007887.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007888.1 | TBC1 DOMAIN FAMILY MEMBER 7 |
| OFRAG00000007889.1 | ELECTRON CARRIER/ PROTEIN DISULFIDE OXIDOREDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000007890.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007891.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007892.1 | CADHERIN-87A |
| OFRAG00000007893.1 | RADIAL SPOKE HEAD 1 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000007894.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007895.1 | PIEZO-TYPE MECHANOSENSITIVE ION CHANNEL HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000007896.1 | COATOMER |
| OFRAG00000007897.1 | PEFLIN |
| OFRAG00000007898.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007899.1 | CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY FACTOR 1 SUBUNIT B |
| OFRAG00000007900.1 | SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN E |
| OFRAG00000007901.1 | MKRN2 OPPOSITE STRAND PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000007902.1 | LISH DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN ARMC9 |
| OFRAG00000007903.1 | SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE CU-ZN -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000007904.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000007905.1 | LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 34 |
| OFRAG00000007906.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000007907.1 | KETOACID-COENZYME A TRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000007908.1 | TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT PROTEIN 16 |
| OFRAG00000007909.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007910.1 | CCCH ZINGC FINGER |
| OFRAG00000007911.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007912.1 |
