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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000000389.1 | RPE-SPONDIN |
| OFRAG00000000390.1 | SWI/SNF-RELATED MATRIX-ASSOCIATED ACTIN-DEPENDENT REGULATOR OF CHROMATIN SUBFAMILY D |
| OFRAG00000000391.1 | CELL DIVISION PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000000392.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000393.1 | ATP-BINDING CASSETTE SUB-FAMILY B |
| OFRAG00000000394.1 | ABC TRANSPORTER B FAMILY |
| OFRAG00000000395.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 22 MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000000396.1 | ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME |
| OFRAG00000000397.1 | ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME |
| OFRAG00000000398.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE TAO |
| OFRAG00000000399.1 | U3 SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA INTERACTING PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000000400.1 | TRANSLOCON-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN, DELTA SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000000401.1 | BATTENIN |
| OFRAG00000000402.1 | T7-LIKE MITOCHONDRIAL DNA HELICASE |
| OFRAG00000000403.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000404.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000405.1 | SPINSTER |
| OFRAG00000000405.2 | SPINSTER |
| OFRAG00000000406.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000407.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000408.1 | N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000000409.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000410.1 | N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000000411.1 | N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000000412.1 | TETRASPANIN |
| OFRAG00000000413.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000414.1 | N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000000415.1 | PROTEIN CBG13728 |
| OFRAG00000000416.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000417.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000418.1 | RRNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000000419.1 | RRNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000000420.1 | MEDIATOR OF RNA POLYMERASE II TRANSCRIPTION SUBUNIT 12 |
| OFRAG00000000421.1 | CYCLINS |
| OFRAG00000000422.1 | CYCLINS |
| OFRAG00000000423.1 | CARBONIC ANHYDRASE |
| OFRAG00000000424.1 | CARBONIC ANHYDRASE |
| OFRAG00000000425.1 | CARBONIC ANHYDRASE |
| OFRAG00000000426.1 | CARBONIC ANHYDRASE |
| OFRAG00000000427.1 | CORRINOID ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000000428.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000429.1 | WD REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 97 |
| OFRAG00000000430.1 | MEMBER OF THE HIR1 FAMILY OF WD-REPEAT PROTEINS |
| OFRAG00000000431.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000432.1 | MEMBER OF THE HIR1 FAMILY OF WD-REPEAT PROTEINS |
| OFRAG00000000433.1 | LONG-CHAIN-FATTY-ACID--COA LIGASE |
| OFRAG00000000434.1 | PROTEIN-TYROSINE SULFOTRANSFERASE 2 |
| OFRAG00000000435.1 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE RNF5-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000436.1 | UBIQUITIN FUSION DEGRADATON PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000000437.1 | NEUROTRANSMITTER GATED ION CHANNEL |
