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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000015745.1 | FILAMIN/GPBP-INTERACTING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015746.1 | PROMININ PROM PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015747.1 | RIBOSE-PHOSPHATE DIPHOSPHOKINASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000015748.1 | ENOYL-COA HYDRATASE |
| OFRAG00000015749.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015750.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015751.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015752.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015753.1 | ARSENICAL PUMP-DRIVING ATPASE ARSENITE-TRANSLOCATING ATPASE |
| OFRAG00000015754.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015755.1 | HISTIDINE-RICH GLYCOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015756.1 | HISTIDINE-RICH GLYCOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015757.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015758.1 | SALVADOR FAMILY WW DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000015759.1 | CRUMBS FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000015760.1 | DRONGO, ISOFORM F |
| OFRAG00000015760.2 | DRONGO, ISOFORM F |
| OFRAG00000015761.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015762.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015763.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015764.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015765.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015766.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015767.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE CHANNEL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015768.1 | COMPLEMENT COMPONENT-RELATED SUSHI DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000015769.1 | ECDYSONE-INDUCIBLE GENE E1, ISOFORM A |
| OFRAG00000015770.1 | TESTIS-EXPRESSED PROTEIN 49 |
| OFRAG00000015771.1 | LONGEVITY ASSURANCE FACTOR 1 LAG1 |
| OFRAG00000015772.1 | TUBULIN POLYGLUTAMYLASE COMPLEX SUBUNIT 2 |
| OFRAG00000015773.1 | CHROMOSOME-ASSOCIATED KINESIN KIF4A-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015774.1 | PROTEIN CBG12054-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015775.1 | PROTEASE S28 PRO-X CARBOXYPEPTIDASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015776.1 | RYANODINE RECEPTOR AND IP3 RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000015777.1 | SORTING NEXIN-8 |
| OFRAG00000015778.1 | ENGULFMENT AND CELL MOTILITY |
| OFRAG00000015778.2 | ENGULFMENT AND CELL MOTILITY |
| OFRAG00000015779.1 | PQ-LOOP REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015780.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015781.1 | CAMK FAMILY PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000015782.1 | STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN-LIKE |
| OFRAG00000015783.1 | RAB GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEIN 1-LIKE |
| OFRAG00000015784.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015785.1 | DFG10 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015786.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000015787.1 | PROTEIN ZWILCH HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000015788.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015789.1 | TOL-PAL SYSTEM PROTEIN TOLA |
| OFRAG00000015790.1 | CADHERIN-87A |
| OFRAG00000015791.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015792.1 |
