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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000009975.1 | MRNA EXPORT FACTOR AND BUB3 |
| OFRAG00000009976.1 | NEGATIVE ELONGATION FACTOR COMPLEX MEMBER B |
| OFRAG00000009977.1 | RHOMBOID-RELATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009978.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009979.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009980.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009981.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009982.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009983.1 | CATION CHANNEL SPERM-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000009984.1 | TRNA-DIHYDROURIDINE SYNTHASE |
| OFRAG00000009985.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000009986.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009987.1 | FOLATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000009988.1 | NOT56 - RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009989.1 | 40S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S3A |
| OFRAG00000009990.1 | 40S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S3A |
| OFRAG00000009991.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009992.1 | SET DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009993.1 | CENTROSOMAL PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000009994.1 | BONE MARROW PROTEOGLYCAN |
| OFRAG00000009995.1 | GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE |
| OFRAG00000009996.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN ABDOMINAL-B |
| OFRAG00000009997.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009998.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009999.1 | AUGMIN SUBUNIT 4 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000010000.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000010001.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010002.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010003.1 | TELOMERE LENGTH REGULATION PROTEIN TEL2 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000010004.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010005.1 | SUBGROUP IIII AMINOTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000010006.1 | CENTLEIN |
| OFRAG00000010007.1 | GLIAL FACTOR NATURATION FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000010008.1 | EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR KINASE SUBSTRATE EPS8-RELATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000010009.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010010.1 | DOUBLECORTIN DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000010011.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010012.1 | GH11727P |
| OFRAG00000010013.1 | AT29763P-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010014.1 | GUANYL-NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000010015.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000010016.1 | EARLY ENDOSOME ANTIGEN |
| OFRAG00000010017.1 | CENTROSOMAL PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000010018.1 | CENTROSOMAL PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000010019.1 | MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000010020.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010021.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010022.1 | INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000010023.1 | SUPPRESSOR OF TY 5 |
| OFRAG00000010024.1 | PRE-MRNA-SPLICING FACTOR RBM22 |
