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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000014967.1 | MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 1, 3 |
| OFRAG00000014968.1 | GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE EXCHANGER SLC37A4 |
| OFRAG00000014969.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014970.1 | GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE EXCHANGER SLC37A4 |
| OFRAG00000014971.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014972.1 | ENDONUCLEASE V |
| OFRAG00000014973.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 158-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014974.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014975.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014976.1 | CAAX PRENYL PROTEASE 1 |
| OFRAG00000014977.1 | C21ORF13-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014978.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014979.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014980.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014981.1 | TELOMERASE-BINDING PROTEIN P23 HSP90 CO-CHAPERONE |
| OFRAG00000014982.1 | ADHESION REGULATING MOLECULE 1 110 KDA CELL MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014983.1 | CAMP-RESPONSIVE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE 2 |
| OFRAG00000014984.1 | AMMECR1 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000014985.1 | YNEIN REGULATORY COMPLEX SUBUNIT 5 |
| OFRAG00000014986.1 | 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014987.1 | NEUROTRANSMITTER GATED ION CHANNEL |
| OFRAG00000014988.1 | ZGC:101858 |
| OFRAG00000014989.1 | ZGC:101858 |
| OFRAG00000014990.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014991.1 | MAD2L1-BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014992.1 | PROTEASE-ASSOCIATED DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014993.1 | ZINC FINGER CCHC DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000014994.1 | PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN/KEXIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014995.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014996.1 | TUDOR DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014997.1 | MUCIN/PORIMIN |
| OFRAG00000014998.1 | CHAPERONIN |
| OFRAG00000014999.1 | MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE |
| OFRAG00000015000.1 | MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE |
| OFRAG00000015001.1 | MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE |
| OFRAG00000015002.1 | MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE |
| OFRAG00000015003.1 | MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE |
| OFRAG00000015004.1 | MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE |
| OFRAG00000015005.1 | MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE |
| OFRAG00000015006.1 | MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE |
| OFRAG00000015007.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015008.1 | GUANYLYL CYCLASE |
| OFRAG00000015009.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015010.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015011.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015012.1 | CILIA AND FLAGELLA-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 58-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015013.1 | RUVB-RELATED REPTIN AND PONTIN |
| OFRAG00000015014.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015015.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015016.1 |
