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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000008486.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008487.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000008488.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008489.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008490.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008491.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008492.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008493.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008494.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008495.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008496.1 | VITELLOGENIN RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008497.1 | OTU DEUBIQUITINASE WITH LINEAR LINKAGE-SPECIFICITY A-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008498.1 | TERPENE CYCLASE/MUTASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000008499.1 | SPHINGOMYELINASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000008500.1 | RAN BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008501.1 | WD REPEAT DOMAIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008502.1 | NUCLEASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008503.1 | MIDASIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008504.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008505.1 | MIDASIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008506.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008507.1 | MIDASIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008508.1 | MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 5 |
| OFRAG00000008509.1 | SODIUM-GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER REGULATORY PROTEIN -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008510.1 | ZINC FINGER, CCHC DOMAIN CONTAINING 8 |
| OFRAG00000008511.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008512.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008513.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008514.1 | MITOFERRIN-1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008515.1 | RAS-RELATED PROTEIN RAB |
| OFRAG00000008515.2 | RAS-RELATED PROTEIN RAB |
| OFRAG00000008516.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008517.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000008518.1 | VESICLE PROTEIN SORTING-ASSOCIATED |
| OFRAG00000008519.1 | GLUTAREDOXIN-LIKE PROTEIN C5ORF63 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000008520.1 | YDJC DEACETYLASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000008521.1 | SEC14 RELATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008522.1 | BROMODOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008523.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008524.1 | CADHERIN-87A |
| OFRAG00000008525.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008526.1 | CADHERIN-87A |
| OFRAG00000008527.1 | DDB1- AND CUL4-ASSOCIATED FACTOR 15 |
| OFRAG00000008528.1 | METAXIN RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008529.1 | HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN 21-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008530.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA AND DNA HELICASE |
| OFRAG00000008531.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008532.1 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE TOPORS |
| OFRAG00000008533.1 | SYNTAXIN |
| OFRAG00000008534.1 |
