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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000010025.1 | U1 SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN A/U2 SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN B |
| OFRAG00000010026.1 | THIAMIN PYROPHOSPHOKINASE |
| OFRAG00000010027.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010027.2 | |
| OFRAG00000010028.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010029.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010030.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010030.2 | |
| OFRAG00000010031.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010032.1 | DOLICHYL-DIPHOSPHOOLIGOSACCHARIDE--PROTEIN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000010033.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010034.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010035.1 | CYCLIN |
| OFRAG00000010036.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010037.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010038.1 | CDK5 REGULATORY SUBUNIT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000010039.1 | RRP15-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000010040.1 | PROTEIN TAG-278-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010041.1 | TEX261 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000010042.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000010043.1 | PEPTIDYL-PROLYL CIS-TRANS ISOMERASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010044.1 | SCHWANNOMIN INTERACTING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000010045.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000010046.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010047.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010048.1 | MYB-LIKE PROTEIN V |
| OFRAG00000010049.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010050.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010051.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010052.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010053.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010054.1 | ZINC METALLOPROTEASE FAMILY M13 NEPRILYSIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010055.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL IMPORT RECEPTOR SUBUNIT TOM70 |
| OFRAG00000010056.1 | CORTISTATIN |
| OFRAG00000010057.1 | ACETYL-COA HYDROLASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010058.1 | CELL DIVISION CYCLE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 3 |
| OFRAG00000010058.2 | |
| OFRAG00000010059.1 | UBIQUITIN CARBOXYL-TERMINAL HYDROLASE |
| OFRAG00000010060.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010061.1 | POTASSIUM CHANNEL, SUBFAMILY K |
| OFRAG00000010062.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010063.1 | POTASSIUM CHANNEL, SUBFAMILY K |
| OFRAG00000010064.1 | MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE |
| OFRAG00000010065.1 | MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE |
| OFRAG00000010066.1 | MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE |
| OFRAG00000010067.1 | 24-DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL REDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000010068.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL TRANSFER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000010069.1 | 26S PROTEASOME NON-ATPASE REGULATORY SUBUNIT 12/COP9 SIGNALOSOME COMPLEX SUBUNIT 4 |
| OFRAG00000010070.1 | MITOTIC SPINDLE ASSEMBLY CHECKPOINT PROTEIN MAD2 |
| OFRAG00000010071.1 |
