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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000010220.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000010221.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010222.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010223.1 | DENDRITIC CELL-SPECIFIC TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000010224.1 | D123 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000010225.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010226.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000010227.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010228.1 | DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE |
| OFRAG00000010229.1 | ADAPTOR COMPLEXES SMALL SUBUNIT FAMILY |
| OFRAG00000010230.1 | RHO GTPASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN 11A |
| OFRAG00000010231.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010232.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010233.1 | SUCCINATE--HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARATE COA-TRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000010234.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010235.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010236.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010237.1 | PHOSPHOLIPASE D |
| OFRAG00000010237.2 | PHOSPHOLIPASE D |
| OFRAG00000010238.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010239.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010240.1 | ZGC:101858 |
| OFRAG00000010241.1 | CALCIUM BINDING PROTEINS |
| OFRAG00000010242.1 | CALCIUM BINDING PROTEINS |
| OFRAG00000010243.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010244.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010245.1 | PROTEASE M3 THIMET OLIGOPEPTIDASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010246.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010247.1 | MITOCHONDRIA-EATING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010247.2 | MITOCHONDRIA-EATING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010248.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000010249.1 | TETRA THYMOSIN |
| OFRAG00000010250.1 | UDP-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE--PEPTIDE N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE 110 KDA SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000010251.1 | WD40 REPEAT PROTEINPRL1/PRL2-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010252.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010253.1 | HISTIDYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE |
| OFRAG00000010254.1 | ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE/ALPHA-N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINIDASE |
| OFRAG00000010255.1 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN KINASE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000010256.1 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN KINASE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000010257.1 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN KINASE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000010258.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000010259.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010260.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010261.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 2 |
| OFRAG00000010262.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010263.1 | WD40 REPEAT PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000010264.1 | HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA LYASE |
| OFRAG00000010265.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010266.1 | CYSTEINE-RICH SECRETORY PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010267.1 | 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE RECEPTOR |
