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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000000296.1 | C2H2 ZINC FINGER CGI-62-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000297.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000298.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE EMP24 DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000299.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000300.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000301.1 | MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED GUANYLATE KINASE MAGUK |
| OFRAG00000000302.1 | SPERM-SPECIFIC FAMILY, CLASS Q |
| OFRAG00000000303.1 | HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70KDA |
| OFRAG00000000304.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000305.1 | PHOSPHOINOSITIDE 3-KINASE REGULATORY SUBUNIT 4 |
| OFRAG00000000306.1 | PHOSPHOINOSITIDE 3-KINASE REGULATORY SUBUNIT 4 |
| OFRAG00000000307.1 | SARCOSINE DEHYDROGENASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000308.1 | DENDRITIC CELL-SPECIFIC TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000309.1 | DEHYDROGENASE/REDUCTASE SDR FAMILY MEMBER 7-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000310.1 | N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYL-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL BIOSYNTHETIC PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000311.1 | DNA2/NAM7 HELICASE FAMILY |
| OFRAG00000000312.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000313.1 | POLYAMINE-MODULATED FACTOR 1 |
| OFRAG00000000313.2 | POLYAMINE-MODULATED FACTOR 1 |
| OFRAG00000000314.1 | DENDRITIC CELL-SPECIFIC TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000315.1 | HOMOLOC-13 |
| OFRAG00000000316.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L48 |
| OFRAG00000000317.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000318.1 | FIMBRIN/PLASTIN |
| OFRAG00000000319.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000319.2 | |
| OFRAG00000000320.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000321.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000322.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000323.1 | URINARY PROTEIN RUP /ACROSOMAL PROTEIN SP-10 |
| OFRAG00000000324.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000325.1 | B-CELL LYMPHOMA/LEUKEMIA 11 |
| OFRAG00000000326.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000327.1 | GEO11419P1 |
| OFRAG00000000328.1 | GH3 DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000329.1 | RURM1 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000330.1 | GENERAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIIC, POLYPEPTIDE 5 |
| OFRAG00000000331.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000332.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000333.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000334.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000335.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000336.1 | CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT BETA |
| OFRAG00000000337.1 | NEUROPATHY TARGET ESTERASE/SWISS CHEESE D.MELANOGASTER |
| OFRAG00000000338.1 | ACYL-COENZYME A SYNTHETASE |
| OFRAG00000000339.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000340.1 | POLY A POLYMERASE |
| OFRAG00000000341.1 | LD33804P |
| OFRAG00000000342.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000343.1 | KELCH PROTEIN |
