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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000017873.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017874.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017875.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017876.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017877.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017878.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017879.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017880.1 | SERINE PROTEASE FAMILY S10 SERINE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE |
| OFRAG00000017881.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017882.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017883.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017884.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017885.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017886.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017887.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017888.1 | NEUROTRANSMITTER GATED ION CHANNEL |
| OFRAG00000017889.1 | NEUROTRANSMITTER GATED ION CHANNEL |
| OFRAG00000017890.1 | ZINC METALLOPROTEASE FAMILY M13 NEPRILYSIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017891.1 | NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000017892.1 | SYNAPTIC VESICLE GLYCOPROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000017893.1 | G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017894.1 | APICAL ENDOSOMAL GLYCOPROTEIN PRECURSOR. |
| OFRAG00000017895.1 | PROTEASE M14 CARBOXYPEPTIDASE |
| OFRAG00000017896.1 | RABPHILIN, ISOFORM A |
| OFRAG00000017897.1 | SERINE/ARGININE REPETITIVE MATRIX PROTEIN 5-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017898.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017899.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017900.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017901.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017902.1 | PROTEIN CBG17025 |
| OFRAG00000017903.1 | PROTEIN ZERKNUELLT 1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017904.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017905.1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 60 |
| OFRAG00000017906.1 | 28S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S17, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000017906.2 | 28S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S17, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000017907.1 | PANTOTHENATE KINASE |
| OFRAG00000017908.1 | DOLICHYL-DIPHOSPHOOLIGOSACCHARIDE--PROTEIN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE 48 KDA SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000017909.1 | NADH-UBIQUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE SGDH SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000017910.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017911.1 | METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000017912.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017913.1 | NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000017914.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017915.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017916.1 | DOUBLECORTIN DOMAIN CONTAINING 2 |
| OFRAG00000017916.2 | DOUBLECORTIN DOMAIN CONTAINING 2 |
| OFRAG00000017917.1 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE NHLRC1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017918.1 | CYCLIN |
| OFRAG00000017919.1 | IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000017920.1 |
