We present a genome assembly from an individual Osedax fenrisi (bone-eating worm; Annelida; Polychaeta; Sabellida; Siboglinidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 699.06 megabases. Most of the assembly (96.07%) is scaffolded into 8 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 20.29 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly by Ensembl identified 12 909 protein-coding genes. From the metagenome data, we recovered 11 bins, of which four were high-quality MAGs. The genomic data will provide a foundation for studying symbiotic nutrient acquisition, bone-degradation mechanisms, and the ecological roles of bone-eating worms in deep-sea carbon and nitrogen cycling.
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