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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000016944.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016945.1 | ALPHA/BETA HYDROLASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016946.1 | MEDIATOR COMPLEX SUBUNIT 28 |
| OFRAG00000016947.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016948.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016949.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016950.1 | COBW-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016951.1 | U3 SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 11 |
| OFRAG00000016952.1 | N 2 ,N 2 -DIMETHYLGUANOSINE TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000016953.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016954.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE TRANSFER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016955.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016956.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016957.1 | PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016958.1 | ZINC FINGERS AND HOMEOBOXES PROTEIN 1, ISOFORM 2 |
| OFRAG00000016959.1 | PEPTIDYL-GLYCINE ALPHA-AMIDATING MONOOXYGENASE |
| OFRAG00000016960.1 | TERPENE CYCLASE/MUTASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000016961.1 | TERPENE CYCLASE/MUTASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000016962.1 | TERPENE CYCLASE/MUTASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000016963.1 | TERPENE CYCLASE/MUTASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000016964.1 | AP COMPLEX SUBUNIT MU |
| OFRAG00000016965.1 | COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 189 |
| OFRAG00000016966.1 | PROTEIN CBG12474 |
| OFRAG00000016967.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016968.1 | VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR C AND EGF DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016969.1 | TGF-BETA FAMILY |
| OFRAG00000016970.1 | CENTROMERE/KINETOCHORE PROTEIN ZW10 |
| OFRAG00000016971.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016972.1 | GLYCOSIDASE FAMILY 31 |
| OFRAG00000016973.1 | PBS LYASE HEAT-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016974.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA AND DNA HELICASE |
| OFRAG00000016975.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016976.1 | LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 71 |
| OFRAG00000016977.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016978.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016979.1 | PROTEIN CBG04600 |
| OFRAG00000016980.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016981.1 | ZINC/IRON TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000016982.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000016983.1 | NEUROTRANSMITTER GATED ION CHANNEL |
| OFRAG00000016984.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016985.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016986.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016987.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016988.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016989.1 | HISTIDINE-RICH GLYCOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016990.1 | NEUROPEPTIDE Y RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000016991.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 2C |
| OFRAG00000016992.1 | COMPLEXIN |
| OFRAG00000016993.1 |
