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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000013513.1 | NEURON-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000013514.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000013515.1 | MOLTING PROTEIN MLT-4 |
| OFRAG00000013516.1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000013517.1 | INOSITOL POLYPHOSPHATE KINASE |
| OFRAG00000013518.1 | BIFUNCTIONAL INHIBITOR/LIPID-TRANSFER PROTEIN/SEED STORAGE 2S ALBUMIN SUPERFAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013519.1 | CGTHBA PROTEIN -14 GENE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013520.1 | UPF0705 PROTEIN C11ORF49 |
| OFRAG00000013521.1 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L14 |
| OFRAG00000013522.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013523.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013524.1 | POLYCYSTIN FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000013525.1 | POLYCYSTIN FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000013526.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000013527.1 | FOLATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000013528.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013529.1 | DISCONNECTED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013530.1 | ADAPTOR COMPLEXES SMALL SUBUNIT FAMILY |
| OFRAG00000013530.2 | ADAPTOR COMPLEXES SMALL SUBUNIT FAMILY |
| OFRAG00000013531.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 3 SUBUNIT G |
| OFRAG00000013532.1 | SORTING NEXIN-4 |
| OFRAG00000013533.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013534.1 | PROTEIN DPCD |
| OFRAG00000013535.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013536.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013537.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013538.1 | GEO13458P1 |
| OFRAG00000013539.1 | FIVE-SPAN TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN M83 |
| OFRAG00000013540.1 | FIVE-SPAN TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN M83 |
| OFRAG00000013541.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013542.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013543.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013544.1 | SIN3B-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013545.1 | MAJOR FACILITATOR SUPERFAMILY DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000013546.1 | KRUEPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000013547.1 | HEPARANASE |
| OFRAG00000013548.1 | RHO GTPASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN 18,19-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013549.1 | ACETYL-COENZYME A SYNTHETASE |
| OFRAG00000013550.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000013551.1 | XANTHINE-URACIL / VITAMIN C PERMEASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000013552.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000013553.1 | XANTHINE-URACIL / VITAMIN C PERMEASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000013554.1 | XANTHINE-URACIL / VITAMIN C PERMEASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000013555.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013556.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000013557.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013558.1 | GUANYLYL CYCLASE |
| OFRAG00000013559.1 | DEK PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013559.2 | DEK PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013560.1 | RIBONUCLEOSIDE-DIPHOSPHATE REDUCTASE SMALL CHAIN |
