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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000013175.1 | CAMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE REGULATORY CHAIN |
| OFRAG00000013176.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013177.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013178.1 | INWARD RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNEL |
| OFRAG00000013179.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013180.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013181.1 | HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013182.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013183.1 | ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000013184.1 | KRUEPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000013185.1 | PROTEIN CBG17025 |
| OFRAG00000013186.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013187.1 | BNIP - RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013188.1 | PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE |
| OFRAG00000013189.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013190.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013191.1 | TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CP2 |
| OFRAG00000013192.1 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL PROTEIN ADE2 |
| OFRAG00000013193.1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000013194.1 | PHOSPHOLIPASE A-2-ACTIVATING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013195.1 | ELECTRON TRANSPORT OXIDOREDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000013196.1 | N-TERMINAL ACETYLTRANSFERASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013197.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000013198.1 | ANAPHASE-PROMOTING COMPLEX 10 |
| OFRAG00000013199.1 | EPH RECEPTOR A5 |
| OFRAG00000013200.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013201.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013202.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013203.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013204.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013205.1 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L12 |
| OFRAG00000013206.1 | N-ALPHA-ACETYLTRANSFERASE 30 |
| OFRAG00000013207.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013208.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013209.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013210.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013211.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013212.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013213.1 | ANAPHASE-PROMOTING COMPLEX SUBUNIT 2 |
| OFRAG00000013214.1 | GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013215.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013216.1 | MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000013217.1 | BA1-643 |
| OFRAG00000013218.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013219.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013220.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013221.1 | ABSCISSION/NOCUT CHECKPOINT REGULATOR |
| OFRAG00000013221.2 | ABSCISSION/NOCUT CHECKPOINT REGULATOR |
| OFRAG00000013222.1 | ZINC FINGER MYND DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 19 |
| OFRAG00000013223.1 | TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT PROTEIN 23 |
