Riftia pachyptila, commonly known as the giant tube worm, is a marine invertebrate in the phylum Annelida. It inhabits hydrothermal vent ecosystems on the Pacific Ocean floor, where temperatures range from 2 to 30 °C. This species can tolerate extremely high hydrogen sulfide levels and relies entirely on symbiotic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria housed in its trophosome for nutrition. These worms can grow up to 3 meters in length, with tubular bodies reaching a diameter of 4 cm, making them one of the most iconic organisms in deep-sea vent ecosystems.
| Species | Phylum | Common Name | Ecosystem | Depth | Habitat | NCBI Taxonomy ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riftia pachyptila | Annelida | Cold seep, Hydrothermal vent | 2,514 | hydrothermal vent site Tica, East Pacific Rise (Alvin dive 4839, 9°50.398′N, 104°17.506′W) | 6426 |
| Genome Assembly | Genome Size | Assembly level | Released year | WGS accession | Submitter | BioProject | BUSCO completeness | Gene Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 560.7Mb | Contig | 2022 | - | University of Vienna | PRJNA754493 | 99.37% | 25,984 |
| - | 554Mb | Contig | 2023 | - | QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON | PRJEB55047 | 95.60% | 37,037 |
| Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
|---|---|---|
| Novel Insights on Obligate Symbiont Lifestyle and Adaptation to Chemosynthetic Environment as Revealed by the Giant Tubeworm Genome | Molecular Biology and Evolution | 34893862 |
| Distinct genomic routes underlie transitions to specialised symbiotic lifestyles in deep-sea annelid worms | nature communications | 37198188 |
| Gene ID | Description |
|---|---|
| RPACG00001.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED DUF1308 |
| RPACG00001.2 | |
| RPACG00002.1 | SUPRABASAL-SPECIFIC PROTEIN SUPRABASIN |
| RPACG00003.1 | BETA-1,3-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| RPACG00004.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED DUF1308 |
| RPACG00005.1 | BETA-1,3-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| RPACG00006.1 | BETA-1,3-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| RPACG00007.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED DUF1308 |
| RPACG00007.2 | |
| RPACG00008.1 | SUPRABASAL-SPECIFIC PROTEIN SUPRABASIN |
| RPACG00009.1 | BETA-1,3-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| RPACG00010.1 | BETA-1,3-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| RPACG00011.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED DUF1308 |
| RPACG00012.1 | FIBRONECTIN TYPE-III DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| RPACG00013.1 | SUPRABASAL-SPECIFIC PROTEIN SUPRABASIN |
| RPACG00014.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED DUF1308 |
| RPACG00015.1 | BETA-1,3-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| RPACG00016.1 | |
| RPACG00017.1 | BETA-1,3-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| RPACG00017.2 | |
| RPACG00018.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| RPACG00019.1 | |
| RPACG00020.1 | |
| RPACG00021.1 | |
| RPACG00022.1 | |
| RPACG00023.1 | |
| RPACG00024.1 | |
| RPACG00025.1 | |
| RPACG00026.1 | EARLY ENDOSOME ANTIGEN 1 |
| RPACG00027.1 | |
| RPACG00028.1 | DISULFIDE OXIDOREDUCTASE |
| RPACG00029.1 | OS01G0750732 PROTEIN |
| RPACG00030.1 | |
| RPACG00031.1 | VPRBP PROTEIN-RELATED |
| RPACG00032.1 | |
| RPACG00033.1 | DUF853 DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| RPACG00034.1 | ENOLASE (DUF1399) |
| RPACG00035.1 | TNF RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED FACTOR |
| RPACG00036.1 | |
| RPACG00037.1 | |
| RPACG00038.1 | FACIOGENITAL DYSPLASIA PROTEIN |
| RPACG00039.1 | S-ANTIGEN PROTEIN |
| RPACG00040.1 | FACIOGENITAL DYSPLASIA PROTEIN |
| RPACG00041.1 | |
| RPACG00042.1 | FACIOGENITAL DYSPLASIA PROTEIN |
| RPACG00042.2 | |
| RPACG00043.1 | OPSIN |
| RPACG00044.1 | |
| RPACG00045.1 | PROTEIN CBG17025 |
| RPACG00045.2 |
