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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000016031.2 | CNH DOMAIN CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000016032.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 201 |
| OFRAG00000016032.2 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 201 |
| OFRAG00000016033.1 | ADAM10/ADAM17 METALLOPEPTIDASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000016034.1 | BAND 7 PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016035.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000016036.1 | CLASP |
| OFRAG00000016037.1 | CRUMBS FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000016038.1 | CRUMBS FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000016039.1 | GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000016039.2 | GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000016040.1 | ARRESTIN DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN D |
| OFRAG00000016041.1 | PROTEASOME ACTIVATOR COMPLEX SUBUNIT 4 |
| OFRAG00000016041.2 | PROTEASOME ACTIVATOR COMPLEX SUBUNIT 4 |
| OFRAG00000016042.1 | MEMBRANE-SPANNING 4-DOMAINS SUBFAMILY A MS4A -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016043.1 | 30S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S1 |
| OFRAG00000016044.1 | WD REPEAT DOMAIN-CONTAINING FAMILY |
| OFRAG00000016045.1 | SMALL SEVEN TRANSMEMBRANE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016046.1 | PROTEIN FLATTOP |
| OFRAG00000016047.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016048.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016049.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE EMP24 DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016050.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016051.1 | CHAPERONIN |
| OFRAG00000016052.1 | LETHAL 2 DENTICLELESS PROTEIN RETINOIC ACID-REGULATED NUCLEAR MATRIX-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016052.2 | LETHAL 2 DENTICLELESS PROTEIN RETINOIC ACID-REGULATED NUCLEAR MATRIX-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016053.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016054.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016055.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000016056.1 | OLFACTORY RECEPTOR AND ADENOSINE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000016057.1 | POTASSIUM CHANNEL, SUBFAMILY K |
| OFRAG00000016058.1 | RAS, DI-RAS, AND RHEB FAMILY MEMBERS OF SMALL GTPASE SUPERFAMILY |
| OFRAG00000016059.1 | NEP1/MRA1 |
| OFRAG00000016060.1 | ADP RIBOSYLATION FACTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016061.1 | CILIA- AND FLAGELLA-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 221 |
| OFRAG00000016062.1 | PROTEIN SIDEKICK |
| OFRAG00000016063.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016064.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016065.1 | PROTEIN CBG17025 |
| OFRAG00000016066.1 | RING FINGER DOMAIN-CONTAINING, POLYCOMB GROUP COMPONENT |
| OFRAG00000016066.2 | RING FINGER DOMAIN-CONTAINING, POLYCOMB GROUP COMPONENT |
| OFRAG00000016067.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016068.1 | HISTIDINE-RICH GLYCOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016069.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016070.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 256 |
| OFRAG00000016071.1 | BOULE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016072.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL-4-PHOSPHATE 5-KINASE |
| OFRAG00000016073.1 | METALLOPROTEASE TLDD |
| OFRAG00000016074.1 | ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTER SUBFAMILY A ABCA |
| OFRAG00000016075.1 | ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTER SUBFAMILY A ABCA |
