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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000003629.1 | RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S7 |
| OFRAG00000003630.1 | ANNEXIN |
| OFRAG00000003631.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003632.1 | MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN, NON-MUSCLE |
| OFRAG00000003633.1 | FACTOR VIII-ASSOCIATED GENE 1 |
| OFRAG00000003634.1 | HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE-LIKE PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000003635.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003636.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003637.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 207 |
| OFRAG00000003638.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000003639.1 | ACTIN |
| OFRAG00000003640.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003641.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000003642.1 | HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1 ALPHA INHIBITOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003643.1 | CONDENSIN COMPLEX SUBUNIT 3-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003644.1 | SER/THR PROTEIN KINASE ULK4 |
| OFRAG00000003645.1 | UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYME E2 |
| OFRAG00000003646.1 | CYSTATIN FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000003647.1 | ADENYLOSUCCINATE LYASE |
| OFRAG00000003648.1 | PROTEASE M3 THIMET OLIGOPEPTIDASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003649.1 | NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000003650.1 | NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000003651.1 | NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR HR3-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003652.1 | NUCLEOTIDE-SUGAR TRANSMEMBRANE TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000003652.2 | NUCLEOTIDE-SUGAR TRANSMEMBRANE TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000003653.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000003654.1 | TETRASPANIN |
| OFRAG00000003655.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003656.1 | 40S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN SA |
| OFRAG00000003657.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000003658.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003659.1 | URINARY PROTEIN RUP /ACROSOMAL PROTEIN SP-10 |
| OFRAG00000003660.1 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L32 AND DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II, SUBUNIT N |
| OFRAG00000003661.1 | CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003662.1 | SLIT RELATED LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT NEURONAL PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003663.1 | COLLAGEN |
| OFRAG00000003664.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003665.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR TKR-1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003666.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003667.1 | HEMOGEN |
| OFRAG00000003668.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR TKR-1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003669.1 | 39S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L53, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000003670.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003671.1 | STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE OF CHROMOSOMES 5,6 SMC5, SMC6 |
| OFRAG00000003672.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003673.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003674.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000003674.2 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000003675.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003676.1 | BONUS, ISOFORM C-RELATED |
