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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000003288.1 | TRIOKINASE/FMN CYCLASE |
| OFRAG00000003289.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003290.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003291.1 | STAR-RELATED LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN 9 |
| OFRAG00000003292.1 | LEUCINE RICH REPEAT FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003293.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003294.1 | SPERIOLIN |
| OFRAG00000003295.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003296.1 | INNER MEMBRANE PROTEIN YEDE |
| OFRAG00000003297.1 | G PATCH DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000003298.1 | PHOSPHOFURIN ACIDIC CLUSTER SORTING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003299.1 | XAP-5 PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003300.1 | BREAST CANCER METASTASIS-SUPPRESSOR 1 |
| OFRAG00000003301.1 | DNA LIGASE |
| OFRAG00000003302.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003303.1 | COFILIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003304.1 | COFILIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003305.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003306.1 | FMRFAMIDE RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003307.1 | PROTEIN SCAI |
| OFRAG00000003308.1 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L35 |
| OFRAG00000003309.1 | ARP2/3 COMPLEX 16 KD SUBUNIT P16-ARC |
| OFRAG00000003310.1 | PROTEIN EVA-1 |
| OFRAG00000003311.1 | ATAXIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000003312.1 | SH3 DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000003313.1 | BIOTIN PROTEIN LIGASE |
| OFRAG00000003314.1 | DYNEIN LIGHT CHAIN ROADBLOCK |
| OFRAG00000003315.1 | CHLORIDE INTRACELLULAR CHANNEL, ISOFORM A |
| OFRAG00000003316.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003317.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003318.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003319.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003320.1 | INHIBITOR OF GROWTH PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003321.1 | NOP2 YEAST -RELATED NOL1/NOP2/FMU SUN DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000003322.1 | SODIUM/HYDROGEN EXCHANGER |
| OFRAG00000003323.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003324.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003325.1 | PROBABLE PHOSPHOLIPID-TRANSPORTING ATPASE |
| OFRAG00000003326.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003327.1 | GERANYLGERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE |
| OFRAG00000003328.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003329.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000003330.1 | SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN B AND N |
| OFRAG00000003331.1 | HEAT SHOCK FACTOR 2-BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003332.1 | ATP-BINDING CASSETTE SUB-FAMILY B |
| OFRAG00000003333.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003334.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL DIVISION PROTEIN 1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003335.1 | AGAP005574-PA |
| OFRAG00000003336.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003337.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
