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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000003436.1 | LY6/PLAUR DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 6 |
| OFRAG00000003437.1 | HL01030P-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003438.1 | MACROGLOBULIN / COMPLEMENT |
| OFRAG00000003439.1 | ER DEGRADATION-ENHANCING ALPHA-MANNOSIDASE-LIKE PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000003440.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003441.1 | MATING RESPONSE PROTEIN POI2 |
| OFRAG00000003442.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003443.1 | ER DEGRADATION-ENHANCING ALPHA-MANNOSIDASE-LIKE PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000003444.1 | NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEIN SEC13 / SEH1 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000003445.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000003446.1 | SPINAL CORD EXPRESSION PROTEIN 4 |
| OFRAG00000003447.1 | VACUOLAR SORTING PROTEIN 53 |
| OFRAG00000003448.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003449.1 | ANOSMIN |
| OFRAG00000003450.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003451.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED PUTATIVE METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000003452.1 | CAMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE REGULATORY CHAIN |
| OFRAG00000003453.1 | PROTEIN ENHANCER OF SEVENLESS 2B |
| OFRAG00000003454.1 | PROTEIN CBG17025 |
| OFRAG00000003455.1 | PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN/KEXIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003456.1 | OVARIAN-SPECIFIC SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE LOK-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003457.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003458.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 35 MEMBER B |
| OFRAG00000003458.2 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 35 MEMBER B |
| OFRAG00000003459.1 | CELL DIVISION PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000003460.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003461.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003462.1 | ETS |
| OFRAG00000003463.1 | ATP-BINDING CASSETTE ABC TRANSPORTER-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003464.1 | LAMINA-ASSOCIATED POLYPEPTIDE THYMOPOIETIN |
| OFRAG00000003464.2 | LAMINA-ASSOCIATED POLYPEPTIDE THYMOPOIETIN |
| OFRAG00000003465.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003466.1 | (E3-INDEPENDENT) E2 UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYME |
| OFRAG00000003467.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003468.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003469.1 | TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR SPT6 |
| OFRAG00000003470.1 | CRUMBS FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000003471.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003472.1 | DYNEIN HEAVY CHAIN 1, AXONEMAL-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003473.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000003474.1 | REGULATOR OF MICROTUBULE DYNAMICS PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003475.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003476.1 | ARYLSULFATASE |
| OFRAG00000003477.1 | UBIQUITIN-FOLD MODIFIER-CONJUGATING ENZYME 1 |
| OFRAG00000003478.1 | TESTIS DEVELOPMENT PROTEIN PRTD |
| OFRAG00000003479.1 | BARDET-BIEDL SYNDROME 1 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003480.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL BASIC AMINO ACIDS TRANSPORTER-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003481.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000003482.1 | DEHYDROGENASE/REDUCTASE (SDR FAMILY) MEMBER 4 |
| OFRAG00000003483.1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 12 |
