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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000014194.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014195.1 | MANNOSE, PHOSPHOLIPASE, LECTIN RECEPTOR RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014195.2 | MANNOSE, PHOSPHOLIPASE, LECTIN RECEPTOR RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014196.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000014197.1 | CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE |
| OFRAG00000014198.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000014199.1 | CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE |
| OFRAG00000014200.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014201.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014202.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014203.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014204.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014205.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014206.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000014207.1 | MULTI-COPPER OXIDASE |
| OFRAG00000014208.1 | MIP11318P |
| OFRAG00000014209.1 | LD09343P |
| OFRAG00000014210.1 | LD09343P |
| OFRAG00000014211.1 | PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE ZDHHC16 |
| OFRAG00000014212.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014213.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014214.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S5 |
| OFRAG00000014215.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN 25 |
| OFRAG00000014216.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014217.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014218.1 | STRIATED MUSCLE ACTIVATOR OF RHO-DEPENDENT SIGNALING-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014219.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014220.1 | TWISTED GASTRULATION PROTEIN HOMOLOG 1-A-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014221.1 | NFAT |
| OFRAG00000014222.1 | PHENYLALANYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE BETA CHAIN AND LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 47 |
| OFRAG00000014223.1 | SPRY DOMAIN CONTAINING SOCS BOX PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014224.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014225.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014226.1 | MATING RESPONSE PROTEIN POI2 |
| OFRAG00000014227.1 | CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE |
| OFRAG00000014228.1 | KERATINOCYTE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000014229.1 | BETA-AMYLOID BINDING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014230.1 | UV EXCISION REPAIR PROTEIN RAD23 |
| OFRAG00000014231.1 | SET AND MYND DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 4 |
| OFRAG00000014232.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 3, THETA SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000014233.1 | VESICULAR MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN |
| OFRAG00000014234.1 | UBIQUINOL-CYTOCHROME-C REDUCTASE COMPLEX ASSEMBLY FACTOR 2 |
| OFRAG00000014235.1 | ZCCHC10 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014236.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000014237.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014238.1 | U6 SNRNA-ASSOCIATED SM-LIKE PROTEIN LSM3 |
| OFRAG00000014239.1 | DC11 ACN9 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000014240.1 | RNA-BINDING (RRM/RBD/RNP MOTIFS) FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014241.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014242.1 |
