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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000009062.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009063.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009064.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009065.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009066.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009067.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009068.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009069.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009070.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009071.1 | CHLORIDE CONDUCTANCE REGULATORY PROTEIN ICLN |
| OFRAG00000009072.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009073.1 | CRUMBS FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000009074.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009075.1 | BIFUNCTIONAL INHIBITOR/LIPID-TRANSFER PROTEIN/SEED STORAGE 2S ALBUMIN SUPERFAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009076.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009077.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009078.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000009079.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009080.1 | ADIPOR/PROGESTIN RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009081.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009082.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000009083.1 | CARBONIC ANHYDRASE |
| OFRAG00000009084.1 | CILIA- AND FLAGELLA-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 65 |
| OFRAG00000009085.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000009086.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009087.1 | FORMIN HOMOLOGY 2 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000009088.1 | VITELLOGENIN RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009089.1 | FATTY ACID DESATURASE 2 |
| OFRAG00000009090.1 | LEUCOKININ RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009091.1 | NEUROPEPTIDES RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000009092.1 | TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000009092.2 | TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000009093.1 | VESICLE TRANSPORT V-SNARE PROTEIN VTI1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009094.1 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L34 |
| OFRAG00000009095.1 | INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000009096.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009097.1 | PROTEIN AMBP |
| OFRAG00000009098.1 | ZGC:174356 |
| OFRAG00000009099.1 | DENN DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000009100.1 | BREAST CANCER ANTI-ESTROGEN RESISTANCE PROTEIN 3 HOMOLOG-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009101.1 | MANNOSYL-OLIGOSACCHARIDE ALPHA-1,2-MANNOSIDASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009102.1 | OLIGOSACCHARYLTRANSFERASE COMPLEX SUBUNIT OSTC |
| OFRAG00000009103.1 | YIP1 INTERACTING FACTOR HOMOLOG YIF1 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009104.1 | RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASE |
| OFRAG00000009105.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009106.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009107.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009108.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009109.1 | IRON-SULFUR CLUSTER ASSEMBLY 2 HOMOLOG, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000009110.1 | CYTOKINE RECEPTOR |
