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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000012402.1 | CENTROSOMAL PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012403.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000012404.1 | UNNAMED PRODUCT |
| OFRAG00000012405.1 | 1-ACYLGLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012406.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000012407.1 | APRATAXIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012408.1 | FORKHEAD-ASSOCIATED DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012409.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012410.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN NKX |
| OFRAG00000012411.1 | LEUCINE AMINOPEPTIDASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012412.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000012413.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 35 |
| OFRAG00000012414.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE RIO1 |
| OFRAG00000012415.1 | CHOLINE TRANSPORTER-LIKE (SLC FAMILY 44) |
| OFRAG00000012415.2 | CHOLINE TRANSPORTER-LIKE (SLC FAMILY 44) |
| OFRAG00000012416.1 | NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000012417.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000012418.1 | CYTOCHROME P450 508A4-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012419.1 | CYTOCHROME P450 508A4-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012420.1 | CYTOCHROME P450 508A4-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012421.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012422.1 | CYTOCHROME P450 508A4-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012423.1 | INACTIVE POLYGLYCYLASE TTLL10 |
| OFRAG00000012424.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012425.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012426.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012427.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012428.1 | EUKARYOTIC ELONGATION FACTOR 2 KINASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012428.2 | EUKARYOTIC ELONGATION FACTOR 2 KINASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012428.3 | EUKARYOTIC ELONGATION FACTOR 2 KINASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012429.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012430.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012431.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012432.1 | UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYME E2 |
| OFRAG00000012433.1 | LOQUACIOUS, ISOFORM B |
| OFRAG00000012434.1 | POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY AND HEPATIC DISEASE 1 (AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE)-LIKE 1 |
| OFRAG00000012435.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012436.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012437.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012438.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012439.1 | TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000012440.1 | STEP II SPLICING FACTOR SLU7 |
| OFRAG00000012441.1 | PROTEIN CBG11604 |
| OFRAG00000012442.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012443.1 | NUCLEOTIDE KINASE |
| OFRAG00000012444.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012445.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012446.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012447.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012448.1 | RYANODINE RECEPTOR AND IP3 RECEPTOR |
