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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000015063.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015064.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015065.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015066.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015067.1 | NOTCH LIGAND FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000015068.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015069.1 | GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE |
| OFRAG00000015070.1 | PERIAXIN-LIKE |
| OFRAG00000015071.1 | GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE |
| OFRAG00000015072.1 | ACTIVATING SIGNAL COINTEGRATOR 1 COMPLEX SUBUNIT 1 |
| OFRAG00000015073.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015074.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000015075.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015076.1 | PDF RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015077.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015078.1 | HELICASE RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015079.1 | HELICASE RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015080.1 | ALPHA-(1,3)-FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE C-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015081.1 | MICROSOMAL GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000015082.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015083.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015084.1 | TUBULIN MONOGLYCYLASE TTLL3 |
| OFRAG00000015084.2 | TUBULIN MONOGLYCYLASE TTLL3 |
| OFRAG00000015085.1 | DNA REPAIR PROTEIN RAD9 |
| OFRAG00000015086.1 | PROTEASE M14 CARBOXYPEPTIDASE |
| OFRAG00000015087.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015088.1 | TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATOR CUBITUS INTERRUPTUS |
| OFRAG00000015089.1 | TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATOR CUBITUS INTERRUPTUS |
| OFRAG00000015090.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000015091.1 | WW DOMAIN-CONTAINING ADAPTER PROTEIN WITH COILED-COIL |
| OFRAG00000015092.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015093.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015094.1 | EYES ABSENT |
| OFRAG00000015095.1 | TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR EIF-2B SUBUNIT GAMMA |
| OFRAG00000015096.1 | ELONGATOR COMPLEX PROTEIN 5 |
| OFRAG00000015097.1 | DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III |
| OFRAG00000015098.1 | HEADCASE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015099.1 | IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000015100.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015101.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000015102.1 | FIBRILLIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015103.1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015104.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015105.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015106.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015107.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015108.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015109.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015110.1 | GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000015111.1 | CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE |
