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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000014529.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014530.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014531.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014532.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014533.1 | HOLLIDAY JUNCTION ATP-DEPENDENT DNA HELICASE RUVA |
| OFRAG00000014534.1 | TESTIS-EXPRESSED PROTEIN 45 |
| OFRAG00000014535.1 | CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING FACTOR-BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014536.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014537.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014538.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014539.1 | NOTCH LIGAND FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000014540.1 | ALPHA-TECTORIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014541.1 | CRUMBS FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000014542.1 | CRUMBS FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000014543.1 | CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE POLYPEPTIDE VIC-2 |
| OFRAG00000014544.1 | CRUMBS FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000014545.1 | NOTCH LIGAND FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000014546.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014547.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014548.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014549.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000014550.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000014551.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014552.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014553.1 | METHYLTRANSFERASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014554.1 | PYRIDOXINE-5-PHOSPHATE OXIDASE |
| OFRAG00000014555.1 | CYCLIN DEPENDANT KINASE-5 ACTIVATOR |
| OFRAG00000014556.1 | GENE 9195-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014557.1 | GENE 9195-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014558.1 | GENE, 32742-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014559.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014560.1 | ZINC FINGER MIZ DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014561.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014562.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014563.1 | POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014564.1 | INNER MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEIN YAJR |
| OFRAG00000014565.1 | TRNA N6-ADENOSINE THREONYLCARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000014566.1 | UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYME E2 |
| OFRAG00000014567.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014568.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014569.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014570.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014571.1 | AMNIONLESS |
| OFRAG00000014571.2 | AMNIONLESS |
| OFRAG00000014572.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014573.1 | VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT ANION-SELECTIVE CHANNEL |
| OFRAG00000014574.1 | SPHINGOMYELIN SYNTHETASE |
| OFRAG00000014575.1 | H/ACA RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN COMPLEX NON-CORE SUBUNIT NAF1 |
| OFRAG00000014576.1 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE NON-RECEPTOR TYPE 13 |
| OFRAG00000014577.1 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE NON-RECEPTOR TYPE 13 |
