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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000003677.1 | WD40 REPEAT PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003678.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 35 |
| OFRAG00000003679.1 | PROTEIN DISULFIDE-ISOMERASE C17H9.14C-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003680.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 3 -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003681.1 | COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 60 |
| OFRAG00000003682.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003683.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003684.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003685.1 | HOMEO BOX HB9 LIKE A-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003686.1 | MYELIN PROTEOLIPID |
| OFRAG00000003686.2 | MYELIN PROTEOLIPID |
| OFRAG00000003687.1 | HYALURONAN MEDIATED MOTILITY RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000003688.1 | LECITHIN-CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003689.1 | LECITHIN-CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003690.1 | BOMB/KIRA PROTEINS |
| OFRAG00000003691.1 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN KINASE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000003692.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 4B/4H |
| OFRAG00000003692.2 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 4B/4H |
| OFRAG00000003693.1 | ATP-BINDING CASSETTE SUB-FAMILY C |
| OFRAG00000003694.1 | GRB2-ASSOCIATED AND REGULATOR OF MAPK PROTEIN FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000003695.1 | XPA-BINDING PROTEIN 1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003696.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003697.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003698.1 | NUCLEOTIDE KINASE |
| OFRAG00000003698.2 | NUCLEOTIDE KINASE |
| OFRAG00000003699.1 | CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003700.1 | AUTOPHAGY PROTEIN 5 |
| OFRAG00000003701.1 | PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE METHYLESTERASE-1 RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003702.1 | PA14 DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003703.1 | DOLICHYL-DIPHOSPHOOLIGOSACCHARIDE--PROTEIN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003704.1 | IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000003705.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003706.1 | COLLAGEN ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000003707.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003708.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003709.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 13 MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000003710.1 | PDZ AND LIM DOMAIN PROTEIN ZASP |
| OFRAG00000003711.1 | CALPONIN |
| OFRAG00000003712.1 | PROTEIN CBG03580 |
| OFRAG00000003713.1 | CLASS II AMINOTRANSFERASE/8-AMINO-7-OXONONANOATE SYNTHASE |
| OFRAG00000003714.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003715.1 | UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYME E2 |
| OFRAG00000003716.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003717.1 | RIKEN CDNA 4921504E06 GENE |
| OFRAG00000003718.1 | 4.1 G PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003718.2 | 4.1 G PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003719.1 | RAS-RELATED PROTEIN RAB |
| OFRAG00000003719.2 | RAS-RELATED PROTEIN RAB |
| OFRAG00000003720.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003721.1 | TESTIS-EXPRESSED PROTEIN 264 |
