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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000001164.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001165.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000001166.1 | DNA POLYMERASE THETA, PUTATIVE (AFU_ORTHOLOGUE AFUA_1G05260)-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001166.2 | DNA POLYMERASE THETA, PUTATIVE (AFU_ORTHOLOGUE AFUA_1G05260)-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001167.1 | GDP-FUCOSE PROTEIN O-FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE 1 |
| OFRAG00000001168.1 | SLEI FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001169.1 | MITOGUARDIN |
| OFRAG00000001170.1 | RNA LARIAT DEBRANCHING ENZYME |
| OFRAG00000001171.1 | RNA LARIAT DEBRANCHING ENZYME |
| OFRAG00000001172.1 | R3H DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 4 |
| OFRAG00000001173.1 | ATP-BINDING CASSETTE SUB-FAMILY C |
| OFRAG00000001174.1 | LIPOMA HMGIC FUSION PARTNER-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001175.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001176.1 | ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE |
| OFRAG00000001177.1 | INDOLEAMINE 2,3-DIOXYGENASE |
| OFRAG00000001178.1 | SPECTRIN/FILAMIN RELATED CYTOSKELETAL PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001179.1 | OPSIN |
| OFRAG00000001180.1 | SPECTRIN/FILAMIN RELATED CYTOSKELETAL PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001181.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001182.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001183.1 | LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000001184.1 | REPLICATION PROTEIN A-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001185.1 | TRANSFERASE, PUTATIVE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001186.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001187.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001188.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001189.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000001190.1 | DENSITY-REGULATED PROTEIN HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000001191.1 | FLAVIN MONOAMINE OXIDASE |
| OFRAG00000001192.1 | LEUCINE RICH REPEAT FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001193.1 | TUMOR ENDOTHELIAL MARKER 7 RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001194.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000001195.1 | PROTEIN ANKUB1 |
| OFRAG00000001196.1 | TRICHOHYALIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001197.1 | SODIUM/NUCLEOSIDE COTRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000001198.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001199.1 | AB HYDROLASE SUPERFAMILY PROTEIN C4A8.06C |
| OFRAG00000001200.1 | SENTRIN/SUMO-SPECIFIC PROTEASE |
| OFRAG00000001201.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001202.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000001203.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000001204.1 | POLYCYSTIN FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000001205.1 | ANK_REP_REGION DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001206.1 | CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN B |
| OFRAG00000001207.1 | 26S PROTEASOME NON-ATPASE REGULATORY SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000001208.1 | PROTEIN SSUH2 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000001209.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001210.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001211.1 | MATING RESPONSE PROTEIN POI2 |
| OFRAG00000001212.1 |
