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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000010461.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010462.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010463.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010464.1 | SYNAPTOTAGMIN |
| OFRAG00000010465.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010466.1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000010467.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010468.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010469.1 | RIBOSOMAL RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000010470.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010471.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010472.1 | HEPARAN SULFATE SULFOTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000010473.1 | 40S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S15A |
| OFRAG00000010474.1 | SPERMATHECAL PHYSIOLOGY VARIANT |
| OFRAG00000010475.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000010476.1 | SHORT-CHAIN DEHYDROGENASE/REDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000010477.1 | GAMMA-BUTYROBETAINE HYDROXYLASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010478.1 | VITELLOGENIN RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010479.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010480.1 | S-ANTIGEN PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000010481.1 | PEFLIN |
| OFRAG00000010481.2 | PEFLIN |
| OFRAG00000010482.1 | PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN |
| OFRAG00000010483.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000010484.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000010485.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000010486.1 | PHOSPHATIDATE CYTIDYLYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000010487.1 | GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSPEPTIDASE |
| OFRAG00000010488.1 | OSJNBA0004B13.7 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000010489.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010490.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010491.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010492.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010493.1 | MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000010494.1 | PROTEASE M14 CARBOXYPEPTIDASE |
| OFRAG00000010495.1 | HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN DSP1 |
| OFRAG00000010496.1 | SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000010497.1 | PEROXISOMAL MEMBRANE PROTEIN PMP34-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010498.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 3 SUBUNIT 7 |
| OFRAG00000010499.1 | PROTEASE M1 ZINC METALLOPROTEASE |
| OFRAG00000010500.1 | DESMOGLEIN FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000010501.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010502.1 | TUBULIN POLYGLUTAMYLASE COMPLEX SUBUNIT 1 |
| OFRAG00000010503.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000010504.1 | RHO-GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEIN LRG1 |
| OFRAG00000010505.1 | ANK_REP_REGION DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010506.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010507.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010508.1 | HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN HSP-12.2-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010509.1 | EIF4G DOMAIN PROTEIN |
