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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000016319.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016320.1 | APOPTOSIS-INDUCING FACTOR 1 |
| OFRAG00000016321.1 | GLUTAMINYL-PEPTIDE CYCLOTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000016322.1 | TF-1 CELL APOPTOSIS RELATED PROTEIN-15 |
| OFRAG00000016323.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE DBP3 |
| OFRAG00000016324.1 | VACUOLAR PROTEIN-SORTING-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 36 |
| OFRAG00000016325.1 | AARF DOMAIN CONTAINING KINASE 2 (PREDICTED) |
| OFRAG00000016326.1 | CLASP |
| OFRAG00000016326.2 | CLASP |
| OFRAG00000016327.1 | AGAP001705-PA |
| OFRAG00000016328.1 | AGAP001705-PA |
| OFRAG00000016329.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016330.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016331.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016332.1 | AGAP001705-PA |
| OFRAG00000016333.1 | CHITINASE |
| OFRAG00000016334.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000016335.1 | AUTOSOMAL HIGHLY CONSERVED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016336.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016337.1 | ARYLACETAMIDE DEACETYLASE |
| OFRAG00000016338.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016339.1 | ZINC FINGER DHHC DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016340.1 | LIM DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016340.2 | LIM DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016341.1 | SPORE COAT PROTEIN SP85 |
| OFRAG00000016342.1 | UDP-D-XYLOSE:L-FUCOSE ALPHA-1,3-D-XYLOSYLTRANSFERASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016343.1 | PDZ AND LIM DOMAIN PROTEIN ZASP |
| OFRAG00000016344.1 | CALRETICULIN AND CALNEXIN |
| OFRAG00000016345.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016346.1 | DISCOIDIN, CUB, EGF, LAMININ , AND ZINC METALLOPROTEASE DOMAIN CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000016347.1 | CHROMODOMAIN-HELICASE-DNA-BINDING PROTEIN 3-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016347.2 | CHROMODOMAIN-HELICASE-DNA-BINDING PROTEIN 3-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016348.1 | NASCENT POLYPEPTIDE ASSOCIATED COMPLEX ALPHA SUBUNIT-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016349.1 | ANNEXIN |
| OFRAG00000016350.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016351.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016352.1 | GALACTOSIDE 2-L-FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000016353.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016354.1 | VESICLE TRANSPORT V-SNARE PROTEIN VTI1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016355.1 | EGF-LIKE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016356.1 | EGF-LIKE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016357.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016358.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016359.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016360.1 | DISKS LARGE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN DAP SAP90/PSD-95-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016361.1 | LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 51 |
| OFRAG00000016362.1 | RAGULATOR COMPLEX PROTEIN LAMTOR1 |
| OFRAG00000016363.1 | ASPARTYL/LYSYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE |
| OFRAG00000016364.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016365.1 |
