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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000013950.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013951.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013952.1 | SI:CH211-266K2.1 |
| OFRAG00000013953.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013954.1 | RAS-RELATED GTP BINDING RAG/GTR YEAST |
| OFRAG00000013955.1 | PROLYL 4-HYDROXYLASE ALPHA SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000013956.1 | ATP-BINDING CASSETTE SUB-FAMILY C |
| OFRAG00000013957.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013958.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013959.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013960.1 | FATTY ACID DESATURASE 2 |
| OFRAG00000013961.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013962.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013963.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013964.1 | ACYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000013965.1 | MYB-LIKE PROTEIN V |
| OFRAG00000013966.1 | KUNITZ-TYPE PROTEASE INHIBITOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013967.1 | KUNITZ-TYPE PROTEASE INHIBITOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013968.1 | MICROSOMAL TRIGLYCERIDE TRANSFER PROTEIN, LARGE SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000013969.1 | TRNA (GUANINE-9-) METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000013970.1 | THYMUS, BRAIN AND TESTES-ASSOCIATED |
| OFRAG00000013971.1 | COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 57 |
| OFRAG00000013972.1 | VOLTAGE-GATED CATION CHANNEL CALCIUM AND SODIUM |
| OFRAG00000013973.1 | PROTEIN CBG17025 |
| OFRAG00000013974.1 | LIM/HOMEOBOX PROTEIN LHX |
| OFRAG00000013975.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013976.1 | AAA-FAMILY ATPASE |
| OFRAG00000013977.1 | TBC1 DOMAIN FAMILY MEMBER GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013978.1 | GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE 1-DEHYDROGENASE G6PD |
| OFRAG00000013978.2 | GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE 1-DEHYDROGENASE G6PD |
| OFRAG00000013979.1 | GOLGI-LOCALIZED, GAMMA-ADAPTIN EAR CONTAINING, ARF BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013980.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000013981.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013982.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013983.1 | LIM/HOMEOBOX PROTEIN LHX |
| OFRAG00000013984.1 | LIM/HOMEOBOX PROTEIN LHX |
| OFRAG00000013985.1 | LIM/HOMEOBOX PROTEIN LHX |
| OFRAG00000013986.1 | INACTIVE RHOMBOID PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013986.2 | INACTIVE RHOMBOID PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013987.1 | SH2-SH3 ADAPTOR PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013988.1 | OXIDASE/PEROXIDASE |
| OFRAG00000013989.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 2 |
| OFRAG00000013990.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013991.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000013992.1 | WINGED HELIX DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013993.1 | PEROXISOMAL MEMBRANE PROTEIN PMP34-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013994.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013995.1 | DPY30-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013996.1 | CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000013997.1 | CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE |
