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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000002465.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002466.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT (S)-NAD(P)H-HYDRATE DEHYDRATASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000002467.1 | PATHOGENESIS-RELATED FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000002468.1 | DLEC1 DELETED IN LUNG AND ESOPHAGEAL CANCER 1 |
| OFRAG00000002469.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002470.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002471.1 | DLEC1 DELETED IN LUNG AND ESOPHAGEAL CANCER 1 |
| OFRAG00000002472.1 | SODIUM-COUPLED MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000002473.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002474.1 | CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNEL SUBUNIT A |
| OFRAG00000002475.1 | CBP/P300-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002476.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002477.1 | CBP/P300-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002478.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002479.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002480.1 | ADENYLATE CYCLASE TYPE 1 |
| OFRAG00000002481.1 | LRRGT00142-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002482.1 | LRRGT00142-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002483.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002484.1 | COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 158 |
| OFRAG00000002485.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000002486.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002487.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002488.1 | CGI-12 PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002489.1 | CENTROMERE/MICROTUBULE BINDING PROTEIN CBF5 |
| OFRAG00000002490.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002491.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN WITH KRAB AND SCAN DOMAINS |
| OFRAG00000002492.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002493.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002494.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN WITH KRAB AND SCAN DOMAINS |
| OFRAG00000002495.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN WITH KRAB AND SCAN DOMAINS |
| OFRAG00000002496.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN WITH KRAB AND SCAN DOMAINS |
| OFRAG00000002497.1 | N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000002498.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002499.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002500.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002501.1 | DEADENYLATION COMPLEX SUBUNIT PAN3 |
| OFRAG00000002501.2 | DEADENYLATION COMPLEX SUBUNIT PAN3 |
| OFRAG00000002502.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002503.1 | HSDA/SDA1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002504.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002505.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002506.1 | ETS |
| OFRAG00000002507.1 | INSCUTEABLE |
| OFRAG00000002508.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL CARRIER PROTEIN RIM2 |
| OFRAG00000002509.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002510.1 | SPERIOLIN |
| OFRAG00000002511.1 | PKSB |
| OFRAG00000002512.1 | PORCUPINE |
| OFRAG00000002513.1 | SMALL NUCLEAR RNA ACTIVATING COMPLEX, POLYPEPTIDE 1 |
