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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000010751.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010752.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010753.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010754.1 | EF-HAND DOMAIN C-TERMINAL CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000010755.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010756.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 4E TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000010756.2 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 4E TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000010757.1 | DEVELOPMENTALLY-REGULATED GTP-BINDING PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000010758.1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 13 |
| OFRAG00000010759.1 | CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE POLYPEPTIDE VIA |
| OFRAG00000010760.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010761.1 | MAMMALIAN EPENDYMIN-RELATED PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000010762.1 | DER1-LIKE PROTEIN, DERLIN |
| OFRAG00000010763.1 | TRANSPORT PROTEIN TRAPP |
| OFRAG00000010764.1 | PDZ DOMAIN CONTAINING RING FINGER PROTEIN 3, 4 |
| OFRAG00000010765.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010766.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010767.1 | OLFACTORY RECEPTOR AND ADENOSINE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000010768.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010769.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010770.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010771.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000010772.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010773.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000010774.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010775.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010776.1 | CARNITINE O-ACYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000010777.1 | CARNITINE O-ACYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000010778.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010779.1 | NEUGRIN |
| OFRAG00000010780.1 | MYO-INOSITOL-1 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE |
| OFRAG00000010781.1 | TUBULIN POLYGLUTAMYLASE |
| OFRAG00000010781.2 | TUBULIN POLYGLUTAMYLASE |
| OFRAG00000010782.1 | PYGOPUS |
| OFRAG00000010783.1 | ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA MUTATED ATM -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010784.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010785.1 | BIFUNCTIONAL INHIBITOR/LIPID-TRANSFER PROTEIN/SEED STORAGE 2S ALBUMIN SUPERFAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000010786.1 | ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA MUTATED ATM -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010787.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010788.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010789.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010790.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010791.1 | RFX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FAMILY |
| OFRAG00000010791.2 | RFX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FAMILY |
| OFRAG00000010792.1 | RFX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FAMILY |
| OFRAG00000010793.1 | IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000010794.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010795.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010796.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010797.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE 17 |
