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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000011964.1 | WD-40 REPEAT PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000011965.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011966.1 | VILLIN |
| OFRAG00000011967.1 | VILLIN |
| OFRAG00000011968.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011969.1 | FACIOGENITAL DYSPLASIA PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000011970.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN ARISTALESS |
| OFRAG00000011971.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011972.1 | RAS-LIKE FAMILY MEMBER 11 |
| OFRAG00000011973.1 | DNAJ HOMOLOG SUBFAMILY C MEMBER 13 |
| OFRAG00000011974.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011975.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000011976.1 | N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE ECO |
| OFRAG00000011977.1 | CONDENSIN COMPLEX SUBUNIT 2 |
| OFRAG00000011977.2 | CONDENSIN COMPLEX SUBUNIT 2 |
| OFRAG00000011978.1 | DYNEIN HEAVY CHAIN |
| OFRAG00000011979.1 | NUCLEOLUS AND NEURAL PROGENITOR PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000011980.1 | LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE-INDUCED TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000011981.1 | CONSERVED OLIGOMERIC GOLGI COMPLEX COMPONENT 8 |
| OFRAG00000011982.1 | CCA TRNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE 1, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000011983.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 31 COPPER TRANSPORTERS |
| OFRAG00000011984.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011985.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011986.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011987.1 | SORTING NEXIN |
| OFRAG00000011988.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011989.1 | THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHATE ENZYMES |
| OFRAG00000011990.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011990.2 | |
| OFRAG00000011991.1 | RNA POLYMERASE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN CTR9 |
| OFRAG00000011992.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011993.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011994.1 | RIBONUCLEASE KAPPA |
| OFRAG00000011995.1 | PLECKSTRIN HOMOLOGY DOMAIN-CONTAINING FAMILY F MEMBER 2-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000011996.1 | UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYME E2 |
| OFRAG00000011997.1 | COENZYME Q10 BIOSYNTHESIS PROTEIN 7 |
| OFRAG00000011998.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011999.1 | POLYPHOSPHOINOSITIDE PHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000012000.1 | HOST CELL FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000012000.2 | HOST CELL FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000012001.1 | DNA REPAIR PROTEIN COMPLEMENTING XP-G CELLS-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012001.2 | DNA REPAIR PROTEIN COMPLEMENTING XP-G CELLS-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012002.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000012003.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012004.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000012005.1 | UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE E3C |
| OFRAG00000012006.1 | MERLIN/MOESIN/EZRIN/RADIXIN |
| OFRAG00000012007.1 | CYTOSINE DEAMINASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000012008.1 | UBIQUITIN LIGASE SPECIFICITY FACTOR/HREP PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000012009.1 | CHROMOSOME TRANSMISSION FIDELITY FACTOR 18 |
