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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000008728.1 | ENOYL-COA HYDRATASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008729.1 | ACYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000008730.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008731.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008732.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008732.2 | |
| OFRAG00000008732.3 | |
| OFRAG00000008733.1 | MICROSOMAL GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE 1 |
| OFRAG00000008734.1 | WD40 DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN MIO FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000008735.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008736.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE DBP3 |
| OFRAG00000008737.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008738.1 | HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN U FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000008739.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008740.1 | UPF0669 PROTEIN C6ORF120 |
| OFRAG00000008741.1 | DELTA-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID DEHYDRATASE |
| OFRAG00000008742.1 | MYELIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008743.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL IMPORT INNER MEMBRANE TRANSLOCASE SUBUNIT TIM9B |
| OFRAG00000008744.1 | EKC/KEOPS COMPLEX SUBUNIT PCC1 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000008745.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000008746.1 | ARYLSULFATASE |
| OFRAG00000008747.1 | MANNOSE, PHOSPHOLIPASE, LECTIN RECEPTOR RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008748.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008749.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008750.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008751.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S18B |
| OFRAG00000008752.1 | LEUCINE RICH REPEAT PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008753.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1 REGULATORY SUBUNIT 10-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008754.1 | TUDOR DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008755.1 | PROLYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE |
| OFRAG00000008756.1 | SLIT RELATED LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT NEURONAL PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008757.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008758.1 | LIM DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008759.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008760.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000008761.1 | DDB1- AND CUL4-ASSOCIATED FACTOR 12-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008762.1 | RIBOSOME BIOGENESIS PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008763.1 | UBIQUITIN CARBOXYL-TERMINAL HYDROLASE |
| OFRAG00000008764.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008765.1 | MAP KINASE KINASE KINASE SSK2-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008766.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008767.1 | TRANSDUCIN BETA-LIKE 3 |
| OFRAG00000008768.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008769.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008770.1 | BAX INHIBITOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008771.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008772.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008773.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008774.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008775.1 | 54S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L1, MITOCHONDRIAL |
