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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000009684.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000009685.1 | PROTEIN CBG17025 |
| OFRAG00000009686.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009687.1 | HISTIDINE-RICH GLYCOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009688.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009689.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009690.1 | MYOCARDIN-RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009690.2 | MYOCARDIN-RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009691.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE CHANNEL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009692.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009693.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000009694.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009695.1 | ALPHA-L-FUCOSIDASE |
| OFRAG00000009696.1 | RAS GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEIN-BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009697.1 | FATTY ACID DESATURASE 2 |
| OFRAG00000009698.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000009699.1 | CALCIUM-INDEPENDENT PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 IPLA2 -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009700.1 | NOTCH LIGAND FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000009701.1 | TRICHOHYALIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009702.1 | RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN RB97D |
| OFRAG00000009702.2 | RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN RB97D |
| OFRAG00000009702.3 | RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN RB97D |
| OFRAG00000009703.1 | ADP RIBOSYLATION FACTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009704.1 | DIMETHYLANILINE MONOOXYGENASE |
| OFRAG00000009705.1 | CADHERIN-23 |
| OFRAG00000009706.1 | CHLORIDE CHANNEL PROTEIN CLC FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000009707.1 | TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION FACTOR IIH-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009708.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009709.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000009710.1 | NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE KINASE 6 |
| OFRAG00000009711.1 | FATTY ACID SYNTHASE |
| OFRAG00000009712.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009713.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009714.1 | TGF-BETA FAMILY |
| OFRAG00000009715.1 | UBIQUITIN-ACTIVATING ENZYME E1 |
| OFRAG00000009716.1 | PHOSPHOLIPASE A-2-ACTIVATING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009717.1 | 40S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S27 |
| OFRAG00000009718.1 | PROTEIN REGULATOR OF CYTOKINESIS 1 PRC1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009719.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009720.1 | PHD-TYPE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009721.1 | BIOTINIDASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009722.1 | MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000009723.1 | UBIQUITIN DOMAIN CONTAINING 1 PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009724.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009725.1 | VOLTAGE-GATED CATION CHANNEL CALCIUM AND SODIUM |
| OFRAG00000009726.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE 17 |
| OFRAG00000009727.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009728.1 | BETA-AMYLOID BINDING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009729.1 | LONGEVITY ASSURANCE FACTOR 1 LAG1 |
| OFRAG00000009730.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 25 |
