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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000013465.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013466.1 | DIPHTHINE METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000013467.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013468.1 | DELETED IN ORAL CANCER 1/CDK2-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000013469.1 | ZINC TRANSPORTER SLC39A7 HISTIDINE-RICH MEMBRANE PROTEIN KE4 |
| OFRAG00000013470.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013471.1 | PITUITARY HOMEOBOX HOMOLOG PTX1 |
| OFRAG00000013472.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013473.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN ARISTALESS |
| OFRAG00000013474.1 | PLECKSTRIN HOMOLOGY DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013475.1 | ATAXIN-7-LIKE PROTEIN 3 |
| OFRAG00000013476.1 | SUGAR HYDROLASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013477.1 | PROTEIN CBG12054-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013478.1 | D-2-HYDROXYGLUTARATE DEHYDROGENASE, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000013479.1 | ATP-BINDING TRANSPORT PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013480.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013481.1 | D-2-HYDROXYGLUTARATE DEHYDROGENASE, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000013482.1 | ATP-BINDING TRANSPORT PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013483.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013483.2 | |
| OFRAG00000013484.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013485.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013486.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013487.1 | VOLTAGE AND LIGAND GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL |
| OFRAG00000013488.1 | CTX-RELATED TYPE I TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013489.1 | CHOLINE TRANSPORTER-LIKE (SLC FAMILY 44) |
| OFRAG00000013490.1 | CHOLINE TRANSPORTER-LIKE (SLC FAMILY 44) |
| OFRAG00000013491.1 | N-ACETYLATED-ALPHA-LINKED ACIDIC DIPEPTIDASE |
| OFRAG00000013492.1 | N-ACETYLATED-ALPHA-LINKED ACIDIC DIPEPTIDASE |
| OFRAG00000013493.1 | RAS, DI-RAS, AND RHEB FAMILY MEMBERS OF SMALL GTPASE SUPERFAMILY |
| OFRAG00000013494.1 | VITELLOGENIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013495.1 | CLEAVAGE/POLYADENYLATION FACTOR IA SUBUNIT CLP1P |
| OFRAG00000013496.1 | SLIT RELATED LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT NEURONAL PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013497.1 | FIBROIN HEAVY CHAIN FIB-H LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013498.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013499.1 | NEPHRIN |
| OFRAG00000013500.1 | CDC37-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013500.2 | CDC37-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013501.1 | BRIX DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013502.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013503.1 | LETHAL 2 GIANT LARVAE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013504.1 | ANTIGEN 332, DBL-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013505.1 | LETHAL 2 GIANT LARVAE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013506.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013507.1 | LETHAL 2 GIANT LARVAE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013508.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013509.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013510.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013511.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013512.1 | VERY-LONG-CHAIN (3R)-3-HYDROXYACYL-COA DEHYDRATASE |
