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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000014821.1 | VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR A DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 3B |
| OFRAG00000014822.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014823.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014824.1 | PROTEIN ARGININE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000014825.1 | RNA-BINDING PROTEIN LUC7-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014826.1 | SIMILAR TO DNA SEGMENT, CHR 10, WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY 102,-EXPRESSED |
| OFRAG00000014827.1 | DYNEIN ASSEMBLY FACTOR 3, AXONEMAL |
| OFRAG00000014828.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014829.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014830.1 | GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000014831.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014832.1 | AGAP004733-PA |
| OFRAG00000014833.1 | WD40 PROTEIN CIAO1 |
| OFRAG00000014834.1 | SMALL INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEIN 8 |
| OFRAG00000014835.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 22 MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000014836.1 | DEDICATOR OF CYTOKINESIS DOCK |
| OFRAG00000014837.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014838.1 | PHOSPHORIBOSYLFORMYLGLYCINAMIDINE SYNTHASE |
| OFRAG00000014839.1 | ZINC FINGER CCHC DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 7 |
| OFRAG00000014840.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014841.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014842.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014843.1 | DUAL SERINE/THREONINE AND TYROSINE PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000014844.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000014845.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014846.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014847.1 | 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014848.1 | 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014849.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000014850.1 | ADAMTS A DISINTEGRIN AND METALLOPROTEASE WITH THROMBOSPONDIN MOTIFS PROTEASE |
| OFRAG00000014851.1 | GABA-B RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014852.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014853.1 | GABA-B RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014854.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014855.1 | LIN37 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000014856.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014857.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014858.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014859.1 | HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014860.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014861.1 | NOTCH LIGAND FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000014862.1 | EGF-LIKE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014863.1 | HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN HSP-12.2-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014864.1 | RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR AT 64C, ISOFORM A |
| OFRAG00000014864.2 | RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR AT 64C, ISOFORM A |
| OFRAG00000014865.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL ATP SYNTHASE COUPLING FACTOR B |
| OFRAG00000014866.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014867.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014868.1 | COLLAGEN ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000014869.1 |
