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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000009156.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000009157.1 | OLFACTORY RECEPTOR AND ADENOSINE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000009157.2 | OLFACTORY RECEPTOR AND ADENOSINE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000009158.1 | MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000009159.1 | MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 1, 3 |
| OFRAG00000009160.1 | KUNITZ-TYPE PROTEASE INHIBITOR 1 |
| OFRAG00000009161.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009162.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009163.1 | CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009164.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009165.1 | UBIQUITIN CARBOXYL-TERMINAL HYDROLASE |
| OFRAG00000009166.1 | ETS |
| OFRAG00000009167.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009168.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009169.1 | DNAJ HOMOLOG 1, MITOCHONDRIAL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009170.1 | CARTILAGE INTERMEDIATE LAYER PROTEIN CLIP |
| OFRAG00000009171.1 | CARTILAGE INTERMEDIATE LAYER PROTEIN CLIP |
| OFRAG00000009172.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009173.1 | TRAF AND TNF RECEPTOR-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009174.1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009175.1 | FORKHEAD BOX PROTEIN N1 |
| OFRAG00000009176.1 | NEUROTRANSMITTER GATED ION CHANNEL |
| OFRAG00000009177.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000009178.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009179.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009180.1 | IQ CALMODULIN-BINDING MOTIF CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000009181.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009182.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009183.1 | TYROSINE SPECIFIC PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE AND DUAL SPECIFICITY PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000009184.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009185.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009186.1 | TARGET OF ERK KINASE MPK-1 |
| OFRAG00000009187.1 | BETA-MANNOSIDASE |
| OFRAG00000009188.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009189.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009190.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 17 |
| OFRAG00000009191.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009192.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009193.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009194.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009195.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 17 |
| OFRAG00000009196.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009197.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 17 |
| OFRAG00000009198.1 | RAB GDP-DISSOCIATION INHIBITOR |
| OFRAG00000009199.1 | NITRIC OXIDE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000009200.1 | T-COMPLEX-ASSOCIATED-TESTIS-EXPRESSED 1/ DYNEIN LIGHT CHAIN |
| OFRAG00000009201.1 | OXYSTEROL-BINDING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009202.1 | ARGININE OR CREATINE KINASE |
| OFRAG00000009203.1 | RNA POLYMERASE II TRANSCRIPTIONAL COACTIVATOR |
| OFRAG00000009203.2 | RNA POLYMERASE II TRANSCRIPTIONAL COACTIVATOR |
