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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000001646.1 | ARYLSULFATASE |
| OFRAG00000001647.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001648.1 | FORKHEAD BOX PROTEIN G1 |
| OFRAG00000001649.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001650.1 | PROPERDIN |
| OFRAG00000001651.1 | GABA-B RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000001652.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001653.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001654.1 | PREFOLDIN SUBUNIT 5 |
| OFRAG00000001655.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001656.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001657.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001658.1 | NUCLEOLAR PROTEIN 7/ESTROGEN RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001658.2 | NUCLEOLAR PROTEIN 7/ESTROGEN RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001659.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001660.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 4E RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001660.2 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 4E RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001661.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001662.1 | VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT CALCIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT ALPHA-2/DELTA-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001663.1 | CELL DIVISION PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000001664.1 | RAS-RELATED GTP BINDING RAG/GTR YEAST |
| OFRAG00000001665.1 | LIPIN |
| OFRAG00000001666.1 | BYSTIN |
| OFRAG00000001667.1 | TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION FACTOR IIIC TFIIIC , POLYPEPTIDE 3-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001667.2 | TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION FACTOR IIIC TFIIIC , POLYPEPTIDE 3-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001668.1 | REGULATING SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE EXOCYTOSIS PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001668.2 | REGULATING SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE EXOCYTOSIS PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001669.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001670.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001671.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001672.1 | POU DOMAIN |
| OFRAG00000001673.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001674.1 | LEISHMANOLYSIN-LIKE PEPTIDASE |
| OFRAG00000001675.1 | BIFUNCTIONAL POLYMYXIN RESISTANCE PROTEIN ARNA |
| OFRAG00000001676.1 | CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001677.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001678.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001679.1 | CAPZ-INTERACTING PROTEIN AND RELATED PROTEINS |
| OFRAG00000001680.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001681.1 | MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000001682.1 | OVARIAN CARCINOMA IMMUNOREACTIVE ANTIGEN |
| OFRAG00000001683.1 | TWISTER |
| OFRAG00000001684.1 | PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR GPR1, PUTATIVE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001685.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001686.1 | SEC3/SYNTAXIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001687.1 | CARBON CATABOLITE REPRESSOR PROTEIN 4 |
| OFRAG00000001688.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000001689.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN KIAA1109 |
| OFRAG00000001690.1 | PROTEIN CBG03580 |
| OFRAG00000001691.1 |
