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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000004243.1 | CILIA- AND FLAGELLA-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 77 |
| OFRAG00000004244.1 | RNA-BINDING PROTEIN RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004245.1 | RETINOBLASTOMA BINDING PROTEIN 8 |
| OFRAG00000004246.1 | LD15586P |
| OFRAG00000004247.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004248.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004249.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004250.1 | ROPPORIN-1-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004251.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004252.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004253.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004254.1 | LD33804P |
| OFRAG00000004255.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004256.1 | ADAMTS A DISINTEGRIN AND METALLOPROTEASE WITH THROMBOSPONDIN MOTIFS PROTEASE |
| OFRAG00000004257.1 | ADAMTS A DISINTEGRIN AND METALLOPROTEASE WITH THROMBOSPONDIN MOTIFS PROTEASE |
| OFRAG00000004258.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004259.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004260.1 | DISCOIDIN, CUB, EGF, LAMININ , AND ZINC METALLOPROTEASE DOMAIN CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000004261.1 | LIPID PHOSPHATE PHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000004262.1 | RAD54-LIKE |
| OFRAG00000004263.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004264.1 | ADAMTS A DISINTEGRIN AND METALLOPROTEASE WITH THROMBOSPONDIN MOTIFS PROTEASE |
| OFRAG00000004265.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004266.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004267.1 | MORN REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 3 |
| OFRAG00000004268.1 | LONG-CHAIN-FATTY-ACID--COA LIGASE |
| OFRAG00000004269.1 | LONG-CHAIN-FATTY-ACID--COA LIGASE |
| OFRAG00000004270.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004271.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004272.1 | DEATH-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000004273.1 | RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L15 |
| OFRAG00000004274.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S33 |
| OFRAG00000004275.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004276.1 | DYNEIN HEAVY CHAIN FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004277.1 | PKSB |
| OFRAG00000004278.1 | PHOSPHOPANTETHEINE TRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000004279.1 | HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70KDA |
| OFRAG00000004280.1 | 26S PROTEASOME NON-ATPASE REGULATORY SUBUNIT 3/COP9 SIGNALOSOME COMPLEX SUBUNIT 3 |
| OFRAG00000004281.1 | AMPHIPHYSIN |
| OFRAG00000004282.1 | SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE |
| OFRAG00000004283.1 | HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70KDA |
| OFRAG00000004284.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004285.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004286.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004287.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004288.1 | PROTEIN AF-9 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000004289.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 2C |
| OFRAG00000004290.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004291.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004292.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 35 MEMBER B |
