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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000011232.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011233.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011234.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011235.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011236.1 | CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE POLYPEPTIDE VIC-2 |
| OFRAG00000011237.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011238.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011239.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011240.1 | NUCLEAR PORE MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEIN GP210-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000011241.1 | CENTROSOMAL PROTEIN OF 89 KDA |
| OFRAG00000011242.1 | APOPTOTIC CHROMATIN CONDENSATION INDUCER IN THE NUCLEUS |
| OFRAG00000011243.1 | CATION-TRANSPORTING ATPASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000011244.1 | SODIUM-BILE ACID COTRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000011245.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011246.1 | PROTEIN ZERKNUELLT 1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000011247.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011248.1 | PROTEIN ZERKNUELLT 1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000011249.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011250.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011251.1 | IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000011252.1 | IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000011253.1 | IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000011254.1 | IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000011255.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011256.1 | UBIQUINOL-CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE COMPLEX 14 KD PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000011257.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL KINASE |
| OFRAG00000011258.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000011259.1 | SCP160 |
| OFRAG00000011260.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011261.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011262.1 | RNA POLYMERASE II-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000011263.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011264.1 | EF HAND DOMAIN FAMILY A1,A2-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000011265.1 | KRUEPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000011266.1 | HOMOLOGOUS TO DROSOPHILA SQD (SQUID) PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000011267.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000011268.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000011269.1 | COMM DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 5 |
| OFRAG00000011270.1 | SORTILIN RELATED |
| OFRAG00000011271.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011272.1 | CADHERIN-87A |
| OFRAG00000011273.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000011274.1 | SMOOTH MUSCLE MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000011275.1 | EG:114D9.1 PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000011276.1 | PROTEIN TRANSPORT PROTEIN SEC23 |
| OFRAG00000011277.1 | STAR-RELATED LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN 9 |
| OFRAG00000011278.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011279.1 | RNA POLYMERASE II CTD PHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000011280.1 | N-ALPHA-ACETYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000011281.1 | V-TYPE PROTON ATPASE CATALYTIC SUBUNIT A |
