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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000015212.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015213.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015214.1 | CTX-RELATED TYPE I TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015215.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015216.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015217.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015218.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015219.1 | HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE-LIKE PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000015220.1 | PROTEASE S28 PRO-X CARBOXYPEPTIDASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015221.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015222.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015223.1 | NETRIN RECEPTOR UNC5 |
| OFRAG00000015224.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000015225.1 | EGF-LIKE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015226.1 | METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000015227.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015228.1 | ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2/3 COMPLEX SUBUNIT 1 |
| OFRAG00000015229.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015230.1 | CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE POLYPEPTIDE VIC-2 |
| OFRAG00000015231.1 | LYSOSOMAL COBALAMIN TRANSPORTER-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015232.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015233.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015234.1 | TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-2 |
| OFRAG00000015235.1 | KELCH PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015236.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015237.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015238.1 | RNA-BINDING PROTEIN MUSASHI HOMOLOG RBP6 |
| OFRAG00000015239.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015240.1 | ANCIENT UBIQUITOUS PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015241.1 | ARSENITE INDUCUBLE RNA ASSOCIATED PROTEIN AIP-1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015242.1 | SMAD |
| OFRAG00000015243.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015244.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015245.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000015246.1 | SLIT RELATED LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT NEURONAL PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015247.1 | GUANYLATE CYCLASE SOLUBLE SUBUNIT BETA-2 |
| OFRAG00000015248.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000015249.1 | CILIA- AND FLAGELLA-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 47 |
| OFRAG00000015250.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015251.1 | SEMAPHORIN |
| OFRAG00000015252.1 | TRAFFICKING PROTEIN PARTICLE COMPLEX SUBUNIT 3 |
| OFRAG00000015253.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015254.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015255.1 | ECDYSONE-INDUCIBLE GENE E1, ISOFORM A |
| OFRAG00000015256.1 | POTASSIUM CHANNEL TETRAMERIZATION DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000015257.1 | 4-HYDROXYPHENYLPYRUVATE DIOXYGENASE |
| OFRAG00000015258.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015259.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015260.1 | DNAJ HOMOLOG SUBFAMILY C MEMBER 8/LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE SPECIFIC RESPONSE-7-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015261.1 | HISTIDINE-RICH GLYCOPROTEIN |
