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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000014481.1 | NEUROPEPTIDES RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014482.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014483.1 | ADAM A DISINTEGRIN AND METALLOPROTEASE DOMAIN |
| OFRAG00000014484.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014485.1 | ATP-BINDING CASSETTE SUB-FAMILY C |
| OFRAG00000014486.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014487.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014488.1 | NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014489.1 | GC-RICH SEQUENCE DNA-BINDING FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000014490.1 | TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSOR CTCFL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014491.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014492.1 | SYNAPSE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014492.2 | SYNAPSE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014493.1 | ENHANCER OF POLYCOMB |
| OFRAG00000014493.2 | ENHANCER OF POLYCOMB |
| OFRAG00000014494.1 | INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE |
| OFRAG00000014495.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014496.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014497.1 | LIM/HOMEOBOX PROTEIN LHX |
| OFRAG00000014498.1 | DECARBOXYLATING DEHYDROGENASES-ISOCITRATE, ISOPROPYLMALATE, TARTRATE |
| OFRAG00000014499.1 | CILIA- AND FLAGELLA-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 299 |
| OFRAG00000014500.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014501.1 | HISTONE H2A |
| OFRAG00000014502.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014503.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014504.1 | METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014505.1 | METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014506.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014507.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014508.1 | METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014509.1 | METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014510.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014511.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014512.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014513.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014514.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014515.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014516.1 | INOSITOL POLYPHOSPHATE KINASE |
| OFRAG00000014517.1 | TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT PROTEIN 12 |
| OFRAG00000014518.1 | CYTOSINE DEAMINASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000014519.1 | 3-DEOXY-D-MANNO-OCTULOSONIC-ACID TRANSFERASE/TRNA GUANINE-N 7 - -METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000014520.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000014521.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014522.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014523.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000014524.1 | CELL DIVISION PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000014525.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014526.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014527.1 | HOLLIDAY JUNCTION ATP-DEPENDENT DNA HELICASE RUVA |
| OFRAG00000014528.1 |
