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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000000246.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000247.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000248.1 | KNIRPS-RELATED PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000249.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 3 SUBUNIT F-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000250.1 | SPINDLE AND KINETOCHORE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000000251.1 | PLECKSTRIN HOMOLOGY-LIKE DOMAIN, FAMILY B, MEMBER 3 |
| OFRAG00000000252.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000253.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000254.1 | MEIOSIS-EXPRESSED GENE 1 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000255.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000256.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000257.1 | SERINE/THREONINE PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A PP2A REGULATORY SUBUNIT B |
| OFRAG00000000258.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000259.1 | CALCIUM AND INTEGRIN BINDING FAMILY MEMBER 2 |
| OFRAG00000000260.1 | WD-40 REPEAT PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000261.1 | PURPLE ACID PHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000000262.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000263.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000264.1 | CADHERIN-87A |
| OFRAG00000000265.1 | VALYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES |
| OFRAG00000000266.1 | MICROSOMAL PROSTAGLANDIN E SYNTHASE-2 |
| OFRAG00000000267.1 | SUPPRESSOR OF TY 4 |
| OFRAG00000000268.1 | SPLICING FACTOR SUPPRESSOR OF WHITE APRICOT |
| OFRAG00000000269.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000270.1 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE MYCBP2 |
| OFRAG00000000271.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000272.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000273.1 | PETER PAN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000274.1 | TOL-PAL SYSTEM PROTEIN TOLA |
| OFRAG00000000275.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000276.1 | SECRETED MODULAR CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000277.1 | DNAJ HOMOLOG SUBFAMILY C MEMBER 4 |
| OFRAG00000000278.1 | DNAJ HOMOLOG SUBFAMILY C MEMBER 4 |
| OFRAG00000000279.1 | 26S PROTEASOME REGULATORY SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000000280.1 | CLATHRIN HEAVY CHAIN RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000281.1 | BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN INHIBITOR, NOGGIN |
| OFRAG00000000282.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000000283.1 | GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE REGULATORY SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000000284.1 | SPLICING FACTOR SUPPRESSOR OF WHITE APRICOT |
| OFRAG00000000285.1 | COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 87 |
| OFRAG00000000286.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000287.1 | CB1 CANNABINOID RECEPTOR-INTERACTING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000000288.1 | ARYLSULFATASE |
| OFRAG00000000289.1 | ARYLSULFATASE |
| OFRAG00000000290.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL BASIC AMINO ACIDS TRANSPORTER-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000291.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000292.1 | COLLAGEN |
| OFRAG00000000293.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000294.1 | DNA MISMATCH REPAIR PROTEIN MLH, PMS, MUTL |
| OFRAG00000000295.1 | DNA MISMATCH REPAIR PROTEIN MLH, PMS, MUTL |
