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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000004533.1 | N4BP1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004534.1 | VESICLE PROTEIN SORTING-ASSOCIATED |
| OFRAG00000004535.1 | SPORE COAT PROTEIN SP85 |
| OFRAG00000004536.1 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L13 |
| OFRAG00000004537.1 | LEUCYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE |
| OFRAG00000004538.1 | ZGC:162297 |
| OFRAG00000004539.1 | CYCLINS |
| OFRAG00000004540.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004541.1 | LECITHIN-CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004542.1 | BC025462 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004543.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004544.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE EMP24 DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004545.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004546.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004547.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004548.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004549.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004550.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004551.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004552.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN ARISTALESS |
| OFRAG00000004553.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004554.1 | TGF-BETA FAMILY |
| OFRAG00000004555.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004556.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004557.1 | OVARIAN-SPECIFIC SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE LOK-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004558.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004559.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004560.1 | VACUOLAR PROTEIN SORTING-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN VPS13 |
| OFRAG00000004561.1 | DNAJ HOMOLOG SUBFAMILY C MEMBER 17 |
| OFRAG00000004562.1 | DNA REPLICATION LICENSING FACTOR MCM FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000004563.1 | ARGINASE |
| OFRAG00000004564.1 | THYROTROPH EMBRYONIC FACTOR RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004565.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004566.1 | IMPORTIN BETA |
| OFRAG00000004567.1 | 5'->3' EXORIBONUCLEASE |
| OFRAG00000004568.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004569.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN NKX |
| OFRAG00000004570.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN NKX |
| OFRAG00000004571.1 | SURFEIT LOCUS PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004572.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004573.1 | FAM11A, B PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004574.1 | XANTHINE-URACIL / VITAMIN C PERMEASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000004575.1 | SI:CH211-161H7.5-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004576.1 | TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT PROTEIN 14 |
| OFRAG00000004576.2 | TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT PROTEIN 14 |
| OFRAG00000004577.1 | INTRAFLAGELLAR TRANSPORT PROTEIN 43 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000004578.1 | NUCLEAR FACTOR NF-KAPPA-B PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004578.2 | NUCLEAR FACTOR NF-KAPPA-B PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004579.1 | TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSOR PROTEIN YY |
| OFRAG00000004580.1 | SPHINGOLIPID DELTA 4 DESATURASE/C-4 HYDROXYLASE PROTEIN DES2 |
