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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000017383.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017384.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017385.1 | SECRETORY CARRIER-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN SCAMP |
| OFRAG00000017386.1 | TEKTIN |
| OFRAG00000017387.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017388.1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000017389.1 | SER/THR-PROTEIN KINASE RIO2 |
| OFRAG00000017390.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017391.1 | SER/THR-PROTEIN KINASE RIO2 |
| OFRAG00000017392.1 | 41-2 PROTEIN ANTIGEN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017393.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017394.1 | FTP DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017395.1 | FTP DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017396.1 | SPORE COAT PROTEIN SP85 |
| OFRAG00000017397.1 | FTP DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017398.1 | FTP DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017399.1 | FTP DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017400.1 | FTP DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017401.1 | FTP DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017402.1 | SPECTRIN/FILAMIN RELATED CYTOSKELETAL PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017403.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017404.1 | SPECTRIN/FILAMIN RELATED CYTOSKELETAL PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017405.1 | CADHERIN DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017406.1 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE KCMF1 |
| OFRAG00000017407.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017408.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017409.1 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L37 |
| OFRAG00000017410.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017411.1 | DUF614 FAMILY PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017412.1 | PROTEIN ARGININE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000017413.1 | CYSTEINE PROTEASE FAMILY C1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017414.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR SUI1 |
| OFRAG00000017415.1 | GUANYLYL CYCLASE |
| OFRAG00000017416.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017417.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017418.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017419.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017420.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017421.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017422.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017423.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017424.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017425.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017426.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017427.1 | PHD FINGER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017428.1 | ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000017429.1 | ER DEGRADATION-ENHANCING ALPHA-MANNOSIDASE-LIKE PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000017430.1 | NCK-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000017431.1 | VACUOLAR PROTEIN SORTING VPS41 |
| OFRAG00000017432.1 |
