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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000014289.1 | TETRASPANIN |
| OFRAG00000014290.1 | CDP-DIACYLGLYCEROL--SERINE O-PHOSPHATIDYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000014291.1 | DYNEIN HEAVY CHAIN |
| OFRAG00000014292.1 | ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTER SUBFAMILY A ABCA |
| OFRAG00000014293.1 | ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTER SUBFAMILY A ABCA |
| OFRAG00000014294.1 | DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE |
| OFRAG00000014295.1 | RNA RECOGNITION MOTIF-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000014296.1 | INOSITOL-TETRAKISPHOSPHATE 1-KINASE |
| OFRAG00000014297.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014298.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014299.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014300.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014301.1 | POLY(A) RNA POLYMERASE |
| OFRAG00000014302.1 | TEASHIRT-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014303.1 | TYROSINE AMINOTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000014304.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014305.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014306.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014307.1 | UPF0183 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014308.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT PROTEASE |
| OFRAG00000014309.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000014310.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014311.1 | ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000014312.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014313.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014314.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014315.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014316.1 | CYSTEINE-RICH, ACIDIC INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014317.1 | CBL |
| OFRAG00000014318.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000014319.1 | PHOSPHOINOSITIDE-SPECIFIC PHOSPHOLIPASE C FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014320.1 | GUANYLYL CYCLASE |
| OFRAG00000014321.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014322.1 | GASTRULATION DEFECTIVE PROTEIN 1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014323.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014324.1 | SODIUM/POTASSIUM/CALCIUM EXCHANGER |
| OFRAG00000014325.1 | SODIUM/POTASSIUM/CALCIUM EXCHANGER |
| OFRAG00000014326.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014327.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014328.1 | LEUCINE RICH REPEAT FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014329.1 | NARDILYSIN |
| OFRAG00000014330.1 | NARDILYSIN |
| OFRAG00000014331.1 | GOLGI-ASSOCIATED PDZ AND COILED-COIL MOTIF-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000014332.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000014333.1 | MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000014334.1 | EXPORTED SERINE/THREONINE PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000014335.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014336.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014337.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014338.1 |
