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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000013029.1 | PROTEIN CBG16327 |
| OFRAG00000013030.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 17 |
| OFRAG00000013031.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000013032.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013033.1 | TBC1 DOMAIN FAMILY MEMBER GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013034.1 | L-GULONOLACTONE OXIDASE |
| OFRAG00000013035.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT PERMEASE MDL1, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000013036.1 | FRIZZLED |
| OFRAG00000013037.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013038.1 | VILLIN |
| OFRAG00000013039.1 | RADIAL SPOKE HEAD 1 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000013040.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013041.1 | POTASSIUM CHANNEL, SUBFAMILY K |
| OFRAG00000013042.1 | CASEIN KINASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013043.1 | MUTATED IN BLADDER CANCER 1 |
| OFRAG00000013044.1 | RNA CLEAVAGE STIMULATION FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000013044.2 | RNA CLEAVAGE STIMULATION FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000013045.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013046.1 | 30S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S10 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000013047.1 | ACETYL, PROPIONYL, PYRUVATE, AND GLUTACONYL CARBOXYLASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013048.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013049.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013050.1 | ADAM10/ADAM17 METALLOPEPTIDASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000013050.2 | ADAM10/ADAM17 METALLOPEPTIDASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000013051.1 | NUCLEOPORIN NUP84-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013052.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013053.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013054.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013055.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013056.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013057.1 | CCAAT DISPLACEMENT PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013058.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013059.1 | CCAAT DISPLACEMENT PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013060.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013061.1 | DUAL SPECIFICITY PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000013062.1 | ANNEXIN |
| OFRAG00000013063.1 | ANNEXIN |
| OFRAG00000013064.1 | STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN CLEAVAGE-ACTIVATING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013065.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000013066.1 | BETA TRANSDUCIN-RELATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013067.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013068.1 | ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX SUBUNIT 2 |
| OFRAG00000013069.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 17 |
| OFRAG00000013070.1 | PROTEIN CBG09704 |
| OFRAG00000013071.1 | ZGC:101858 |
| OFRAG00000013072.1 | METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000013073.1 | METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000013074.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013075.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013076.1 | NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR |
