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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000016076.1 | PDF RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016077.1 | NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE KINASE |
| OFRAG00000016078.1 | GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000016079.1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000016080.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016081.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016082.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000016083.1 | ACTIVATING MOLECULE IN BECN1-REGULATED AUTOPHAGY PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000016083.2 | ACTIVATING MOLECULE IN BECN1-REGULATED AUTOPHAGY PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000016084.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016085.1 | PHEROMONE SHUTDOWN PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016086.1 | MALE FERTILITY FACTOR KL5 |
| OFRAG00000016087.1 | MALE FERTILITY FACTOR KL5 |
| OFRAG00000016088.1 | PHOSPHORYN, PUTATIVE-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016089.1 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN KINASE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000016090.1 | EXPRESSED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016091.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016092.1 | ZINC METALLOPROTEASE FAMILY M13 NEPRILYSIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016093.1 | ZINC METALLOPROTEASE FAMILY M13 NEPRILYSIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016094.1 | OVOCHYMASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016095.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016096.1 | RING FINGER PROTEIN 25 |
| OFRAG00000016097.1 | DEOXYNUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE TERMINAL-INTERACTING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000016097.2 | DEOXYNUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE TERMINAL-INTERACTING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000016098.1 | SPERM PROTEIN HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000016099.1 | PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000016100.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016101.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016102.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016103.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016104.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016105.1 | DYNEIN ASSEMBLY FACTOR 4, AXONEMAL |
| OFRAG00000016106.1 | DYNEIN ASSEMBLY FACTOR 4, AXONEMAL |
| OFRAG00000016107.1 | STOMATIN-LIKE PROTEIN 2, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000016108.1 | DET1 HOMOLOG DE-ETIOLATED-1 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000016109.1 | POLYCOMB GROUP RING FINGER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016110.1 | CYTOSOLIC REGULATOR PIANISSIMO |
| OFRAG00000016110.2 | CYTOSOLIC REGULATOR PIANISSIMO |
| OFRAG00000016111.1 | TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR EIF-2B SUBUNIT BETA |
| OFRAG00000016112.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016113.1 | SIDEROFLEXIN |
| OFRAG00000016114.1 | ATP-BINDING CASSETTE SUB-FAMILY C |
| OFRAG00000016115.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016116.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED PROTEASOME COMPONENT REGION PCI-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000016117.1 | EF-HAND CALCIUM-BINDING DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 7 |
| OFRAG00000016118.1 | SNF2/RAD54 HELICASE FAMILY |
| OFRAG00000016119.1 | SWI/SNF-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016120.1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 13 |
| OFRAG00000016121.1 | NICE-3 |
| OFRAG00000016122.1 |
