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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000012596.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000012597.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012598.1 | ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA MUTATED ATM -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012599.1 | NETRIN/LAMININ-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012600.1 | NEUROTRANSMITTER GATED ION CHANNEL |
| OFRAG00000012601.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012602.1 | BREAST CANCER METASTASIS-SUPPRESSOR 1 |
| OFRAG00000012602.2 | BREAST CANCER METASTASIS-SUPPRESSOR 1 |
| OFRAG00000012603.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000012604.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012605.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012606.1 | TOL-PAL SYSTEM PROTEIN TOLA |
| OFRAG00000012607.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012608.1 | ATF6, ISOFORM C |
| OFRAG00000012609.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012610.1 | G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR 157-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012611.1 | G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR 157-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012612.1 | PROTEASE FAMILY M14 CARBOXYPEPTIDASE A,B |
| OFRAG00000012613.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012614.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000012615.1 | STRAWBERRY NOTCH-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012616.1 | NGG1 INTERACTING FACTOR 3 |
| OFRAG00000012617.1 | HERMANSKY-PUDLAK SYNDROME 4 PROTEIN LIGHT-EAR PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012617.2 | HERMANSKY-PUDLAK SYNDROME 4 PROTEIN LIGHT-EAR PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012618.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012619.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012620.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012621.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012622.1 | ATP-BINDING CASSETTE SUB-FAMILY C |
| OFRAG00000012623.1 | CALBINDIN |
| OFRAG00000012624.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012625.1 | WD REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 75 |
| OFRAG00000012626.1 | COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 89 |
| OFRAG00000012627.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012628.1 | SHORT-CHAIN DEHYDROGENASE/REDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000012629.1 | GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE |
| OFRAG00000012630.1 | RHO FAMILY GTPASE |
| OFRAG00000012631.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012632.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012633.1 | KNIRPS-RELATED PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012634.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012635.1 | PYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE |
| OFRAG00000012636.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012637.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE |
| OFRAG00000012638.1 | ALPHA-(1,3)-FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE C-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012639.1 | SPORE COAT PROTEIN SP85 |
| OFRAG00000012640.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012641.1 | THO COMPLEX SUBUNIT 6 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000012642.1 | MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR COMPONENT-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012643.1 |
