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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000011768.1 | EGF-LIKE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000011768.2 | EGF-LIKE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000011769.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011770.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011771.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011772.1 | T-BOX PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000011773.1 | HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE COMPLEX |
| OFRAG00000011774.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE REGULATORY SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000011775.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011776.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011777.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011778.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011779.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011780.1 | AMILORIDE-SENSITIVE SODIUM CHANNEL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000011781.1 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000011782.1 | PROLINE-RICH NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR |
| OFRAG00000011783.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011784.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011785.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011786.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011787.1 | FIBRINOGEN/TENASCIN/ANGIOPOEITIN |
| OFRAG00000011788.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011789.1 | FIBRINOGEN ALPHA CHAIN |
| OFRAG00000011790.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000011791.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011792.1 | TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CATION CHANNEL, SUBFAMILY M, MEMBER 6 |
| OFRAG00000011793.1 | CARBOHYDRATE SULFOTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000011794.1 | CARBOHYDRATE SULFOTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000011795.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000011796.1 | ARSENITE METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000011797.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011798.1 | SODIUM/CALCIUM EXCHANGER |
| OFRAG00000011799.1 | GERANYLGERANYL TRANSFERASE TYPE BETA SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000011800.1 | PROTEIN MAX MYC-ASSOCIATED FACTOR X |
| OFRAG00000011801.1 | LEUCINE RICH REPEAT PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000011802.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000011803.1 | VACUOLAR ATP SYNTHASE SUBUNIT G |
| OFRAG00000011804.1 | CALICYLIN BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000011805.1 | ZINC METALLOPROTEASE FAMILY M13 NEPRILYSIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000011806.1 | SET AND MYND DOMAIN CONTAINING, ARTHROPOD-SPECIFIC, MEMBER 4, ISOFORM A |
| OFRAG00000011807.1 | GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE |
| OFRAG00000011808.1 | ELONGATION FACTOR 1-GAMMA |
| OFRAG00000011809.1 | PROTEIN PHOSPATASE 3 REGULATORY SUBUNIT B ALPHA ISOFORM TYPE 1 |
| OFRAG00000011809.2 | PROTEIN PHOSPATASE 3 REGULATORY SUBUNIT B ALPHA ISOFORM TYPE 1 |
| OFRAG00000011810.1 | UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE PROTEIN OTUB |
| OFRAG00000011811.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011812.1 | CYTOCHROME B561-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000011813.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011814.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011815.1 | METHYLMALONYL-COA EPIMERASE |
