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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000002700.1 | PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR GPR1, PUTATIVE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002701.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002702.1 | PROTEIN CBG12054-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002703.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002704.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002705.1 | UBIQUITIN-LIKE DOMAIN-CONTAINING CTD PHOSPHATASE 1 |
| OFRAG00000002706.1 | ZINC FINGER CCHC DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 7 |
| OFRAG00000002707.1 | KINASE D-INTERACTING SUBSTRATE OF 220 KDA |
| OFRAG00000002708.1 | TOL-PAL SYSTEM PROTEIN TOLA |
| OFRAG00000002709.1 | TOL-PAL SYSTEM PROTEIN TOLA |
| OFRAG00000002710.1 | KINASE D-INTERACTING SUBSTRATE OF 220 KDA |
| OFRAG00000002711.1 | MOTILE SPERM DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000002711.2 | MOTILE SPERM DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000002712.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL SYNTHASE |
| OFRAG00000002713.1 | SET AND MYND DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 4 |
| OFRAG00000002714.1 | ACYL-COA DEHYDROGENASE |
| OFRAG00000002715.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002716.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002717.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002718.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002719.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000002720.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000002721.1 | DUF853 DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000002722.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000002723.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002724.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000002725.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000002726.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002727.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002728.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002729.1 | WD REPEAT, SAM AND U-BOX DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000002730.1 | FIBRINOGEN/TENASCIN/ANGIOPOEITIN |
| OFRAG00000002731.1 | TRIMERIC INTRACELLULAR CATION CHANNEL |
| OFRAG00000002732.1 | PHOSPHATASE 2A REGULATORY SUBUNIT-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002733.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002734.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN ENGRAILED |
| OFRAG00000002735.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002736.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002737.1 | GLUTAREDOXIN-1 |
| OFRAG00000002738.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002739.1 | GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000002740.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002741.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002742.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002743.1 | GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000002744.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002745.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002746.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002747.1 | ADENOSINE DEAMINASE |
| OFRAG00000002747.2 | ADENOSINE DEAMINASE |
