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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000009204.1 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L24 |
| OFRAG00000009205.1 | HEAVYWEIGHT, ISOFORM A |
| OFRAG00000009206.1 | ZINC FINGER RAN-BINDING DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 2 ZRANB2-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009207.1 | GALACTOCEREBROSIDASE |
| OFRAG00000009208.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009209.1 | GALACTOCEREBROSIDASE |
| OFRAG00000009210.1 | IMPORTIN-7, 8, 11 |
| OFRAG00000009211.1 | SORTING NEXIN 17 AND 27 |
| OFRAG00000009212.1 | SMAD |
| OFRAG00000009213.1 | NADH-UBIQUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000009214.1 | RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASE |
| OFRAG00000009215.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009216.1 | DISCOIDIN, CUB, EGF, LAMININ , AND ZINC METALLOPROTEASE DOMAIN CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000009217.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009218.1 | ZINC FINGER MIZ DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009219.1 | NADH DEHYDROGENASE |
| OFRAG00000009220.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009221.1 | GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000009222.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009223.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009224.1 | ARM REPEAT SUPERFAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009225.1 | PROTEIN CBG17025 |
| OFRAG00000009226.1 | GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE-BINDING PROTEIN BETA G PROTEIN BETA |
| OFRAG00000009227.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 2-ALPHA KINASE EIF2-ALPHA KINASE -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009228.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009229.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009230.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009231.1 | SYS1 |
| OFRAG00000009232.1 | DUAL SPECIFICITY PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE DDB_G0269404-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009233.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009234.1 | METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000009235.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009236.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009237.1 | METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000009238.1 | METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000009239.1 | METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000009240.1 | LEUKOCYTE RECEPTOR CLUSTER LRC MEMBER 1 |
| OFRAG00000009241.1 | METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000009242.1 | METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000009243.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009244.1 | ATROPHIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009245.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009246.1 | NADH DEHYDROGENASE UBIQUINONE IRON-SULFUR PROTEIN 3 |
| OFRAG00000009247.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009248.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009249.1 | ENHANCER OF MRNA-DECAPPING PROTEIN 4 |
| OFRAG00000009250.1 | KELCH PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009251.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009252.1 | NADH DEHYDROGENASE UBIQUINONE FLAVOPROTEIN 2, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000009253.1 | VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT CALCIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT ALPHA-2/DELTA-RELATED |
