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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000004061.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004062.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004063.1 | LIM/HOMEOBOX PROTEIN LHX |
| OFRAG00000004064.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004065.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004066.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004067.1 | RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L13 |
| OFRAG00000004068.1 | RAS GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS |
| OFRAG00000004068.2 | RAS GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS |
| OFRAG00000004069.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004070.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004071.1 | NOTCH LIGAND FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000004072.1 | HEXOKINASE |
| OFRAG00000004072.2 | HEXOKINASE |
| OFRAG00000004073.1 | DIHYDROPTERIDINE REDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000004073.2 | DIHYDROPTERIDINE REDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000004074.1 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE KCMF1 |
| OFRAG00000004074.2 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE KCMF1 |
| OFRAG00000004075.1 | ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004076.1 | ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004077.1 | FRATAXIN |
| OFRAG00000004078.1 | ADP-RIBOSYLATION FACTOR GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000004079.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000004080.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004081.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004082.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004083.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004084.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004085.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004086.1 | EG:80H7.2 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004087.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004088.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000004089.1 | NAD-DEPENDENT PROTEIN DEACYLASE SIRTUIN-5, MITOCHONDRIAL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004089.2 | NAD-DEPENDENT PROTEIN DEACYLASE SIRTUIN-5, MITOCHONDRIAL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004090.1 | CYTOCHROME B561/FERRIC REDUCTASE TRANSMEMBRANE |
| OFRAG00000004091.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004092.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004093.1 | RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L30 |
| OFRAG00000004094.1 | ATP SYNTHASE DELTA/EPSILON CHAIN |
| OFRAG00000004095.1 | XK-RELATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004096.1 | RAN BINDING PROTEIN 9-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004097.1 | TRANSLIN-ASSOCIATED FACTOR X-INTERACTING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000004098.1 | TRNA SELENOCYSTEINE 1-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004099.1 | PAK1 INTERACTING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000004100.1 | AHD DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004101.1 | FRUCTOSE-1,6-BISPHOSPHATASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004102.1 | VERY-LONG-CHAIN (3R)-3-HYDROXYACYL-COA DEHYDRATASE |
| OFRAG00000004103.1 | NADH:UBIQUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE B18-LIKE SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000004104.1 | FATTY ACID ACYL TRANSFERASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004105.1 | STROMAL ANTIGEN |
