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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000009634.1 | TUBULIN |
| OFRAG00000009635.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009636.1 | TUBULIN |
| OFRAG00000009637.1 | UBIQUITIN CARBOXYL-TERMINAL HYDROLASE |
| OFRAG00000009638.1 | WD-40 REPEAT PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009639.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009640.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009641.1 | VESICULAR-FUSION PROTEIN NSF |
| OFRAG00000009642.1 | GLUCOSE-METHANOL-CHOLINE GMC OXIDOREDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000009643.1 | GLUCOSE-METHANOL-CHOLINE GMC OXIDOREDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000009644.1 | GLUCOSE-METHANOL-CHOLINE GMC OXIDOREDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000009645.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009646.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009647.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000009648.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000009649.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009650.1 | SODIUM/CHLORIDE DEPENDENT TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000009651.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000009652.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000009653.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000009654.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009655.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000009656.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000009657.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009658.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000009659.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000009660.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009661.1 | GLUCOSE-METHANOL-CHOLINE GMC OXIDOREDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000009662.1 | VESICULAR-FUSION PROTEIN NSF |
| OFRAG00000009663.1 | NADH-UBIQUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE B12 SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000009664.1 | ELONGATION FACTOR TS |
| OFRAG00000009665.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009666.1 | EPHRIN |
| OFRAG00000009667.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009668.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009669.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000009670.1 | MPS ONE BINDER KINASE ACTIVATOR-LIKE MOB |
| OFRAG00000009671.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009672.1 | SLIT RELATED LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT NEURONAL PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009673.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009674.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009675.1 | PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE KINASE |
| OFRAG00000009676.1 | METHIONINE SULFOXIDE REDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000009677.1 | MAJOR FACILITATOR SUPERFAMILY PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009678.1 | ADENOMATOSIS POLYPOSIS COLI DOWN-REGULATED 1 |
| OFRAG00000009679.1 | PROTOPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE |
| OFRAG00000009680.1 | FIBRONECTIN TYPE-III DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009681.1 | KINESIN-LIKE PROTEIN KLP-3 |
| OFRAG00000009682.1 | QUIESCIN Q6-RELATED SULFHYDRYL OXIDASE |
| OFRAG00000009683.1 |
