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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000015262.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015263.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015264.1 | PDF RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015265.1 | MATRIN 3/NUCLEAR PROTEIN 220-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015266.1 | CILIA- AND FLAGELLA-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 161 |
| OFRAG00000015267.1 | LYSM AND PUTATIVE PEPTIDOGLYCAN-BINDING DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015268.1 | TYROSINE SPECIFIC PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE AND DUAL SPECIFICITY PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000015269.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015270.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015271.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015272.1 | THO COMPLEX SUBUNIT 3 THO3 |
| OFRAG00000015273.1 | CONTACTIN 5 |
| OFRAG00000015274.1 | SPORE COAT PROTEIN SP85 |
| OFRAG00000015275.1 | PROTEIN CBG17025 |
| OFRAG00000015276.1 | ELONGATION FACTOR TU-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015277.1 | NETRIN/LAMININ-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015278.1 | PIKACHURIN-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015279.1 | PROTEASOME SUBUNIT ALPHA/BETA |
| OFRAG00000015280.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015281.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015282.1 | POLYPHOSPHOINOSITIDE PHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000015283.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015284.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015285.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015286.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015287.1 | ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000015288.1 | ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000015289.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015290.1 | VACUOLAR PROTEIN SORTING VPS41 |
| OFRAG00000015291.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015292.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015293.1 | TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CP2 |
| OFRAG00000015294.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015295.1 | GLUTAMINE-TRNA LIGASE |
| OFRAG00000015296.1 | DNA REPAIR PROTEIN SWI5 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000015297.1 | LEUCINE ZIPPER CONTAINING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LZF1 |
| OFRAG00000015298.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000015299.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015300.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015301.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015302.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015303.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015304.1 | HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN |
| OFRAG00000015305.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015306.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITIDE PHOSPHATASE SAC1 |
| OFRAG00000015307.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015308.1 | DISCOIDIN, CUB, EGF, LAMININ , AND ZINC METALLOPROTEASE DOMAIN CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000015309.1 | LD27203P-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015310.1 | PROTEIN SSUH2 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000015311.1 |
