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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000009877.1 | DENTIN SIALOPHOSPHOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009878.1 | DENTIN SIALOPHOSPHOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009879.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009880.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009881.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009882.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009883.1 | DENTIN SIALOPHOSPHOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009884.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009885.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009886.1 | MAJOR FACILITATOR SUPERFAMILY PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009887.1 | MERLIN/MOESIN/EZRIN/RADIXIN |
| OFRAG00000009888.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009889.1 | T-COMPLEX-ASSOCIATED-TESTIS-EXPRESSED 1/ DYNEIN LIGHT CHAIN |
| OFRAG00000009890.1 | 2-OXOISOVALERATE DEHYDROGENASE SUBUNIT BETA-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009891.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000009892.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009893.1 | NEUROTRANSMITTER GATED ION CHANNEL |
| OFRAG00000009894.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009895.1 | AGAP011099-PA |
| OFRAG00000009896.1 | M-AAA PROTEASE-INTERACTING PROTEIN 1, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000009897.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000009898.1 | IROQUOIS-CLASS HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN IRX |
| OFRAG00000009899.1 | THROMBOSPONDIN-TYPE LAMININ G DOMAIN AND EAR REPEAT-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000009900.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009901.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009902.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009903.1 | CALRETICULIN AND CALNEXIN |
| OFRAG00000009904.1 | EF-HAND CALCIUM-BINDING DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009905.1 | VITELLOGENIN RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009906.1 | VITELLOGENIN RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009907.1 | NIBRIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009908.1 | TRICHOHYALIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009909.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009910.1 | LONG-CHAIN-FATTY-ACID--COA LIGASE |
| OFRAG00000009911.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009912.1 | CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE ASSEMBLY PROTEIN COX19 |
| OFRAG00000009913.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000009914.1 | UBIQUITIN CARBOXYL-TERMINAL HYDROLASE |
| OFRAG00000009915.1 | EPHRIN_REC_LIKE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009915.2 | EPHRIN_REC_LIKE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009916.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000009917.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009918.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009919.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN BARH-LIKE |
| OFRAG00000009920.1 | CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA CHAIN |
| OFRAG00000009921.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009922.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009923.1 | LP10445P |
| OFRAG00000009924.1 | TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT PROTEIN (AFU_ORTHOLOGUE AFUA_6G03870) |
| OFRAG00000009925.1 | SULFATE TRANSPORTER |
