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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000016698.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016699.1 | WD40 REPEAT PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016700.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016701.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016702.1 | AGAP006772-PA |
| OFRAG00000016703.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016704.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016705.1 | CARBON CATABOLITE REPRESSOR PROTEIN 4 |
| OFRAG00000016706.1 | TESTIS-EXPRESSED PROTEIN 43 |
| OFRAG00000016707.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016708.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000016709.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016710.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016711.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016712.1 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L11-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016713.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016714.1 | SODIUM/CHLORIDE DEPENDENT TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000016715.1 | NADH-UBIQUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE B8 SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000016716.1 | TYPE-1 ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016717.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016718.1 | BETA-1,4-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000016719.1 | TBC1 DOMAIN FAMILY MEMBER 19 |
| OFRAG00000016720.1 | N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE-6-PHOSPHATE DEACETYLASE |
| OFRAG00000016721.1 | MKI67 FHA DOMAIN-INTERACTING NUCLEOLAR PHOSPHOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016722.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016723.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016724.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016725.1 | PROTEIN CBG12054-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016726.1 | INOSITOL POLYPHOSPHATE KINASE 1 |
| OFRAG00000016726.2 | INOSITOL POLYPHOSPHATE KINASE 1 |
| OFRAG00000016727.1 | HISTONE DEACETYLASE HDAC1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016728.1 | N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000016729.1 | N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000016730.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016731.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016732.1 | ADHESION G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000016732.2 | ADHESION G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000016733.1 | TRICHOHYALIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016734.1 | ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE |
| OFRAG00000016735.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016736.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016737.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016738.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016739.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016740.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016741.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016742.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016743.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016744.1 | DNAJ HOMOLOG SUBFAMILY C MEMBER 30, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000016745.1 | CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE POLYPEPTIDE VIC-2 |
