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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000012885.1 | DNAJ HOMOLOG SUBFAMILY C MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000012886.1 | LATROPHILIN RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN A |
| OFRAG00000012887.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012888.1 | XYLOSIDE XYLOSYLTRANSFERASE 1 |
| OFRAG00000012889.1 | MIGRATION AND INVASION-INHIBITORY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000012890.1 | WNT RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012891.1 | CADHERIN-23 |
| OFRAG00000012892.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012893.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 17 |
| OFRAG00000012894.1 | NEUROPEPTIDES RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000012895.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000012896.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 136 |
| OFRAG00000012897.1 | PREFOLDIN SUBUNIT 6 |
| OFRAG00000012898.1 | GLUTATHIONYL-HYDROQUINONE REDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000012899.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000012900.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012901.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012902.1 | SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN SM D2 |
| OFRAG00000012903.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000012904.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000012905.1 | OS09G0542200 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000012906.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012907.1 | TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL |
| OFRAG00000012907.2 | TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL |
| OFRAG00000012908.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012909.1 | BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX PROTEIN NEUROGENIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012910.1 | EGF-LIKE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000012911.1 | FIBRILLIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012912.1 | FIBRILLIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012913.1 | EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX GLYCOPROTEIN RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012914.1 | OXIDOREDUCTASE GLYR1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012915.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012916.1 | NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR |
| OFRAG00000012917.1 | HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1 ALPHA INHIBITOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012918.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012919.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012920.1 | M-PHASE INDUCER PHOSPHATASE DUAL SPECIFICITY PHOSPHATASE CDC25 |
| OFRAG00000012921.1 | M-PHASE INDUCER PHOSPHATASE DUAL SPECIFICITY PHOSPHATASE CDC25 |
| OFRAG00000012922.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012923.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012924.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012925.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012926.1 | TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAF |
| OFRAG00000012927.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012928.1 | CADHERIN DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000012929.1 | RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012930.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012931.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012932.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012933.1 | DNA REPLICATION LICENSING FACTOR MCM FAMILY MEMBER |
