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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000004439.1 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE RING1 / RING 2 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000004440.1 | LITTLE ELONGATION COMPLEX SUBUNIT 2 |
| OFRAG00000004441.1 | TATA ELEMENT MODULATORY FACTOR TMF1 |
| OFRAG00000004442.1 | ATP SYNTHASE SUBUNIT D, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000004443.1 | TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ONECUT |
| OFRAG00000004444.1 | WD40 REPEAT PROTEIN 4 |
| OFRAG00000004445.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004446.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004447.1 | GLIOMA TUMOR SUPPRESSOR CANDIDATE REGION GENE 1 |
| OFRAG00000004447.2 | GLIOMA TUMOR SUPPRESSOR CANDIDATE REGION GENE 1 |
| OFRAG00000004448.1 | ARGININE DEMETHYLASE AND LYSYL-HYDROXYLASE JMJD |
| OFRAG00000004449.1 | 1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-PHOSPHATE 5-KINASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004450.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004451.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004452.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004453.1 | 1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-PHOSPHATE 5-KINASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004454.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004455.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004456.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004457.1 | 1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-PHOSPHATE 5-KINASE |
| OFRAG00000004458.1 | ACYL-COA DEHYDROGENASE |
| OFRAG00000004459.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004460.1 | EXPRESSED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004461.1 | NEURABIN |
| OFRAG00000004462.1 | OSTEOCLAST-STIMULATING FACTOR 1 |
| OFRAG00000004462.2 | OSTEOCLAST-STIMULATING FACTOR 1 |
| OFRAG00000004463.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000004464.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004465.1 | REGULATOR OF G-PROTEIN SIGNALING 3 |
| OFRAG00000004466.1 | F20B24.22 |
| OFRAG00000004467.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004468.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004469.1 | VACUOLAR PROTEIN SORTING VPS16 |
| OFRAG00000004470.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004471.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004472.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004473.1 | 3'-5' EXONUCLEASE ERI1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004474.1 | RGS-GAIP INTERACTING PROTEIN GIPC |
| OFRAG00000004475.1 | UBIQUITIN CARBOXYL-TERMINAL HYDROLASE |
| OFRAG00000004476.1 | ZGC:174356 |
| OFRAG00000004477.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000004478.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004479.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004480.1 | SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE |
| OFRAG00000004481.1 | 3-OXO-5-ALPHA-STEROID 4-DEHYDROGENASE |
| OFRAG00000004482.1 | CILIA- AND FLAGELLA-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 57 |
| OFRAG00000004483.1 | SPERMATOGENESIS ASSOCIATED 11-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004484.1 | ARRESTIN DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004485.1 | 4-NITROPHENYLPHOSPHATASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004486.1 |
