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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000009779.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000009780.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009781.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009782.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009783.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009784.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009785.1 | ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR INTERACTING PROTEIN RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009786.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000009787.1 | PROTEIN DISPATCHED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009788.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009789.1 | GERANYLGERANYL TRANSFERASE TYPE BETA SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000009790.1 | COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 151 |
| OFRAG00000009791.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009792.1 | UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYME E2 |
| OFRAG00000009793.1 | HYDROXYACYL-THIOESTER DEHYDRATASE TYPE 2, MITOCHONDRIAL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009794.1 | SODIUM-COUPLED MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000009795.1 | COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 151 |
| OFRAG00000009796.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009797.1 | UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYME E2 |
| OFRAG00000009798.1 | HYDROXYACYL-THIOESTER DEHYDRATASE TYPE 2, MITOCHONDRIAL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009799.1 | SODIUM-COUPLED MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000009800.1 | IKB KINASE |
| OFRAG00000009801.1 | IKB KINASE |
| OFRAG00000009802.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000009802.2 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000009803.1 | PROTEIN MEMO1 |
| OFRAG00000009804.1 | 1-ACYL-SN-GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000009804.2 | 1-ACYL-SN-GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000009805.1 | MAP/MICROTUBULE AFFINITY-REGULATING KINASE |
| OFRAG00000009806.1 | MAP/MICROTUBULE AFFINITY-REGULATING KINASE |
| OFRAG00000009807.1 | APICAL ENDOSOMAL GLYCOPROTEIN PRECURSOR. |
| OFRAG00000009808.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN SIX |
| OFRAG00000009809.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009810.1 | UPF0041 BRAIN PROTEIN 44-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009811.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009812.1 | REGULATOR OF CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION |
| OFRAG00000009813.1 | DENTIN SIALOPHOSPHOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009814.1 | DENTIN SIALOPHOSPHOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009815.1 | EARLY GAMETOCYTE ENRICHED PHOSPHOPROTEIN EGXP |
| OFRAG00000009816.1 | DENTIN SIALOPHOSPHOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009817.1 | DENTIN SIALOPHOSPHOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009818.1 | DENTIN SIALOPHOSPHOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009819.1 | DENTIN SIALOPHOSPHOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009820.1 | DENTIN SIALOPHOSPHOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009821.1 | DENTIN SIALOPHOSPHOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009822.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009823.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009824.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009825.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009826.1 |
