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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000017480.2 | DNA REPLICATION REGULATOR DPB11-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017481.1 | SI:CH211-171H4.7-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017482.1 | DNA REPLICATION REGULATOR DPB11-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017483.1 | AMILORIDE-SENSITIVE SODIUM CHANNEL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017484.1 | NOTCH LIGAND FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000017484.2 | NOTCH LIGAND FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000017485.1 | DIMETHYLADENOSINE TRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000017486.1 | MAP/MICROTUBULE AFFINITY-REGULATING KINASE |
| OFRAG00000017487.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017488.1 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN KINASE HOPSCOTCH |
| OFRAG00000017489.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017490.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017491.1 | 3'(2'),5'-BISPHOSPHATE NUCLEOTIDASE 1 |
| OFRAG00000017492.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017493.1 | S-ANTIGEN PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017494.1 | DEP DOMAIN PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017495.1 | ETHANOLAMINEPHOSPHOTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000017496.1 | MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE |
| OFRAG00000017497.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017498.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017499.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017500.1 | POLYCYSTIN FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000017501.1 | PETER PAN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017502.1 | PEPTIDE CHAIN RELEASE FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000017503.1 | ADP RIBOSYLATION FACTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017504.1 | DIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE HOMOLOG-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017505.1 | DEHYDROGENASE/REDUCTASE SDR FAMILY MEMBER 7B |
| OFRAG00000017506.1 | BLR2807 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017507.1 | FOLLISTATIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017508.1 | HELICASE |
| OFRAG00000017509.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017510.1 | ZINC METALLOPROTEASE FAMILY M13 NEPRILYSIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017511.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017512.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017513.1 | CALCIUM BINDING PROTEINS |
| OFRAG00000017514.1 | CALCIUM BINDING PROTEINS |
| OFRAG00000017515.1 | WD-REPEAT PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017516.1 | CDK5 REGULATORY SUBUNIT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 3 |
| OFRAG00000017517.1 | ATP SYNTHASE LIPID-BINDING PROTEIN, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000017518.1 | 26 PROTEASOME COMPLEX SUBUNIT DSS1 |
| OFRAG00000017519.1 | NPC INTRACELLULAR CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORTER 1 |
| OFRAG00000017520.1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000017521.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017522.1 | KRUEPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000017523.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017524.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017525.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017526.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017527.1 | DISCOIDIN, CUB, EGF, LAMININ , AND ZINC METALLOPROTEASE DOMAIN CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000017528.1 |
