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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000008964.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008965.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008966.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008967.1 | UNKEMPT FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000008968.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008969.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008970.1 | AMINE OXIDASE |
| OFRAG00000008971.1 | ADP-RIBOSYLATION-LIKE FACTOR 6-INTERACTING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008972.1 | UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYME E2 |
| OFRAG00000008973.1 | SI:CH211-266K2.1 |
| OFRAG00000008974.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000008975.1 | UBIQUITIN CARBOXYL-TERMINAL HYDROLASE |
| OFRAG00000008976.1 | CHCHD1 |
| OFRAG00000008977.1 | ESOPHAGEAL CANCER ASSOCIATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008978.1 | ALR/ERV |
| OFRAG00000008978.2 | ALR/ERV |
| OFRAG00000008979.1 | IFT140/172-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008980.1 | HECT DOMAIN UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE |
| OFRAG00000008981.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008982.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008983.1 | CHROMOSOME-ASSOCIATED KINESIN KIF4A-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008983.2 | CHROMOSOME-ASSOCIATED KINESIN KIF4A-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008984.1 | HORMA DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000008985.1 | ROPPORIN-1-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008986.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008987.1 | GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE 14 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000008988.1 | ADP-RIBOSYLATION FACTOR-RELATED PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000008989.1 | SLD5 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008990.1 | FERM DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 4 |
| OFRAG00000008991.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008992.1 | COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING 74A |
| OFRAG00000008993.1 | STRAWBERRY NOTCH-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008994.1 | TRNA-SPLICING ENDONUCLEASE SUBUNIT SEN2 |
| OFRAG00000008995.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008996.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008997.1 | BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX ZIP TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000008998.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008999.1 | DENTIN SIALOPHOSPHOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009000.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009001.1 | TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR EIF-2B SUBUNIT ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000009002.1 | OPTICIN |
| OFRAG00000009003.1 | HEPARAN SULFATE SULFOTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000009004.1 | HEPARAN SULFATE SULFOTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000009005.1 | BETA-1,4-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000009006.1 | BETA-1,4-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000009007.1 | BETA-1,4-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000009008.1 | BETA-1,4-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000009009.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009010.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000009011.1 | GLYCOLIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN-RELATED |
