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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000015698.1 | TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL ION CHANNEL PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015699.1 | DNA REPLICATION LICENSING FACTOR MCM FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000015700.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL RNA PSEUDOURIDINE SYNTHASE |
| OFRAG00000015700.2 | MITOCHONDRIAL RNA PSEUDOURIDINE SYNTHASE |
| OFRAG00000015701.1 | F-BOX ONLY PROTEIN 4 |
| OFRAG00000015702.1 | BICAUDAL D FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000015703.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015704.1 | TRANSFORMER-2 SEX-DETERMINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015705.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015706.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015707.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015708.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015709.1 | BCL-2 RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015710.1 | DEVELOPMENTALLY REGULATED GTP-BINDING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015711.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015712.1 | PROTEIN NEDD1 |
| OFRAG00000015713.1 | AMINOACYLASE-1 |
| OFRAG00000015714.1 | RNA CLEAVAGE STIMULATION FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000015715.1 | DNAJ HOMOLOG SUBFAMILY C MEMBER 2 |
| OFRAG00000015716.1 | TOL-PAL SYSTEM PROTEIN TOLA |
| OFRAG00000015717.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015718.1 | TETRASPANIN |
| OFRAG00000015719.1 | FIBROIN HEAVY CHAIN FIB-H LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015720.1 | DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE I,II,III |
| OFRAG00000015720.2 | DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE I,II,III |
| OFRAG00000015721.1 | TRNA-AMINOACYLATION COFACTOR ARC1 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000015722.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015723.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015724.1 | MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015725.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE 9 SUPERFAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015726.1 | GEO13361P1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015726.2 | GEO13361P1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015727.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015728.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015729.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015730.1 | TUBULIN |
| OFRAG00000015731.1 | HEDGEHOG |
| OFRAG00000015732.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000015733.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015734.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015735.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015736.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015737.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015738.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015739.1 | STAR-RELATED LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN 9 |
| OFRAG00000015740.1 | PROTEIN RER1 |
| OFRAG00000015741.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015742.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000015743.1 | GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000015744.1 | N-TERMINAL ACETYLTRANSFERASE |
