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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000010944.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010945.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010946.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010947.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010948.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010949.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010950.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010951.1 | WD40 REPEAT PF20 |
| OFRAG00000010952.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010953.1 | LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT AND IQ DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010954.1 | CADHERIN-87A |
| OFRAG00000010955.1 | CAPZ-INTERACTING PROTEIN AND RELATED PROTEINS |
| OFRAG00000010956.1 | LD02310P |
| OFRAG00000010957.1 | PREFOLDIN SUBUNIT 1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010958.1 | ACONITATE HYDRATASE B |
| OFRAG00000010959.1 | MODULATOR OF SMOOTHENED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000010960.1 | 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000010961.1 | 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000010962.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010963.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010964.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010965.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010966.1 | CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE |
| OFRAG00000010966.2 | CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE |
| OFRAG00000010967.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010968.1 | 30S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S2 PROKARYOTIC AND ORGANELLAR |
| OFRAG00000010969.1 | LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT AND IQ DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 3 |
| OFRAG00000010970.1 | ECDYSONE-INDUCIBLE GENE E1, ISOFORM A |
| OFRAG00000010971.1 | STRIATED MUSCLE ACTIVATOR OF RHO-DEPENDENT SIGNALING-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010972.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010973.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN 25 |
| OFRAG00000010974.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S5 |
| OFRAG00000010975.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010976.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010977.1 | PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE ZDHHC16 |
| OFRAG00000010978.1 | LD09343P |
| OFRAG00000010979.1 | LD09343P |
| OFRAG00000010980.1 | MIP11318P |
| OFRAG00000010981.1 | MULTI-COPPER OXIDASE |
| OFRAG00000010982.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000010983.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010984.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010985.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010986.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010987.1 | NEUROLIGIN |
| OFRAG00000010988.1 | GLYCERALDEHYDE 3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE |
| OFRAG00000010989.1 | PROTEIN ARGININE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000010990.1 | LEUCINE-, GLUTAMATE- AND LYSINE-RICH PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000010991.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 35 |
| OFRAG00000010992.1 | FMRFAMIDE RECEPTOR-RELATED |
