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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000002992.1 | CHITINASE |
| OFRAG00000002993.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002994.1 | LUPUS LA PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002995.1 | PROHIBITIN |
| OFRAG00000002996.1 | BETA-1,3-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000002997.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002998.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002999.1 | COLLAGEN ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000003000.1 | COLLAGEN ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000003001.1 | COLLAGEN ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000003002.1 | COLLAGEN ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000003003.1 | COLLAGEN ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000003004.1 | COLLAGEN ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000003005.1 | COLLAGEN ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000003006.1 | SI:CH211-266K2.1 |
| OFRAG00000003007.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003008.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000003009.1 | VITELLOGENIN RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003010.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003011.1 | SHORT-CHAIN DEHYDROGENASE/REDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000003012.1 | PDZ AND LIM DOMAIN PROTEIN ZASP |
| OFRAG00000003013.1 | METHYLTRANSFERASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003014.1 | IMPORTIN BETA |
| OFRAG00000003015.1 | CLEAVAGE AND POLYADENYLATION SPECIFICITY FACTOR SUBUNIT 4-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003016.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003017.1 | ZINC METALLOPROTEASE FAMILY M13 NEPRILYSIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003018.1 | ZINC METALLOPROTEASE FAMILY M13 NEPRILYSIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003019.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 2 |
| OFRAG00000003020.1 | VITELLOGENIN RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003021.1 | VITELLOGENIN RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003022.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003023.1 | PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1 REGULATORY SUBUNIT 12 |
| OFRAG00000003024.1 | UBIQUITIN CARBOXYL-TERMINAL HYDROLASE |
| OFRAG00000003025.1 | UBIQUITIN CARBOXYL-TERMINAL HYDROLASE |
| OFRAG00000003026.1 | FMRFAMIDE RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003027.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003028.1 | MATING RESPONSE PROTEIN POI2 |
| OFRAG00000003029.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003030.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003031.1 | FTP DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003032.1 | FACIOGENITAL DYSPLASIA PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003033.1 | AB HYDROLASE SUPERFAMILY PROTEIN C4A8.06C |
| OFRAG00000003034.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 330 |
| OFRAG00000003035.1 | METAXIN RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003036.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003037.1 | REGULATOR OF G-PROTEIN SIGNALING 3 |
| OFRAG00000003038.1 | REGULATOR OF G-PROTEIN SIGNALING 3 |
| OFRAG00000003039.1 | STG PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003040.1 | CALPONIN HOMOLOGY DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN DDB_G0272472-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003040.2 | CALPONIN HOMOLOGY DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN DDB_G0272472-RELATED |
