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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000014725.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014726.1 | ZINC FINGER C4H2 DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014727.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014728.1 | LEUCOKININ RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014729.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014730.1 | TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION REGULATOR 1 |
| OFRAG00000014731.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014732.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4-KINASE TYPE-II |
| OFRAG00000014733.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4-KINASE TYPE-II |
| OFRAG00000014734.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014735.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014736.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014737.1 | CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014738.1 | PROTEASE FAMILY M14 CARBOXYPEPTIDASE A,B |
| OFRAG00000014739.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000014739.2 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000014740.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014741.1 | LYSOSOME-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014742.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014743.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014744.1 | METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014745.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014746.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000014747.1 | CGI-121 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000014748.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 25 |
| OFRAG00000014749.1 | ANK_REP_REGION DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014750.1 | ANK_REP_REGION DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014751.1 | TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE |
| OFRAG00000014752.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014753.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014754.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014755.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN FAM155 |
| OFRAG00000014756.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014757.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014758.1 | POTASSIUM CHANNEL, SUBFAMILY K |
| OFRAG00000014759.1 | ZINC METALLOPROTEASE FAMILY M13 NEPRILYSIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014759.2 | ZINC METALLOPROTEASE FAMILY M13 NEPRILYSIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014760.1 | HISTIDINE-RICH GLYCOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014761.1 | HISTIDINE-RICH GLYCOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014762.1 | HISTIDINE-RICH GLYCOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014763.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014764.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014765.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 232 |
| OFRAG00000014766.1 | GUANYLATE CYCLASE SOLUBLE SUBUNIT BETA-2 |
| OFRAG00000014767.1 | NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014767.2 | NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014768.1 | COATOMER SUBUNIT GAMMA |
| OFRAG00000014769.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014770.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014771.1 |
