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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000014095.1 | HISTIDINE-RICH GLYCOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014096.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014097.1 | NEPHRIN |
| OFRAG00000014098.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014099.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014100.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014101.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014102.1 | UBIQUITIN-ACTIVATING ENZYME E1 |
| OFRAG00000014103.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014104.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014105.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014106.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014107.1 | HISTIDINE-RICH GLYCOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014108.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014109.1 | TESMIN/TSO1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014110.1 | 26S PROTEASOME NON-ATPASE REGULATORY SUBUNIT 12/COP9 SIGNALOSOME COMPLEX SUBUNIT 4 |
| OFRAG00000014111.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014112.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014113.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014114.1 | TOL-PAL SYSTEM PROTEIN TOLA |
| OFRAG00000014115.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014116.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014117.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014118.1 | SOMETHING ABOUT SILENCING PROTEIN 10-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014119.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000014120.1 | CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2C-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014121.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL KINASE |
| OFRAG00000014122.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000014123.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000014124.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000014125.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014126.1 | ZINC METALLOPROTEASE FAMILY M13 NEPRILYSIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014127.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014128.1 | FMRFAMIDE RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014129.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014130.1 | TOL-PAL SYSTEM PROTEIN TOLA |
| OFRAG00000014131.1 | ADIPOR/PROGESTIN RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014132.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014133.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014134.1 | 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014135.1 | ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014136.1 | LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR-RELATED PROTEIN 2-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014137.1 | CRUMBS FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000014138.1 | M-PHASE INDUCER PHOSPHATASE DUAL SPECIFICITY PHOSPHATASE CDC25 |
| OFRAG00000014139.1 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN KINASE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014140.1 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN KINASE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014141.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014142.1 | WD40 REPEAT FAMILY |
| OFRAG00000014143.1 | RING FINGER AND PROTEASE ASSOCIATED DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000014144.1 | PROTEIN FOLDING REGULATOR |
