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.
Animalia (Kingdom); Annelida (Phylum); Polychaeta (Class); Sedentaria (Subclass); Canalipalpata (Infraclass); Sabellida (Order); Siboglinidae (Family); Riftia (Genus); Riftia pachyptila (Species)
Riftia pachyptila Jones, 1981
1. Jones M L. Riftia pachyptila, new genus, new species, the vestimentiferan worm from the Galapagos Rift geothermal vents (Pogonophora)[J]. 1981. (Jones et al., 1981)
Galapagos Rift, Rose Garden geothermal vent 0.8042 (0° 48' 15" N) -86.2247 (86° 13' 29" W), 2,450 meters
| Species | Phylum | Common Name | Ecosystem | Depth | Habitat | NCBI Taxonomy ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riftia pachyptila | Annelida | Cold seep, Deep sea, Vent field | 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 (%) | Scaffold/Contig N50 (kb) | GC content (%) | Repeat Rate (%) | Gene Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 554Mb | Contig | 2023 | - | QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON | PRJEB55047 | 99.37 | 2870 | 40.49 | 29.99 | 37,037 |
| Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
|---|---|---|
| Distinct genomic routes underlie transitions to specialised symbiotic lifestyles in deep-sea annelid worms | nature communications | 37198188 |
| Gene ID | Description |
|---|---|
| RPACG02417.1 | CYCLINS |
| RPACG02417.2 | - |
| RPACG02418.1 | EXOSOME COMPLEX EXONUCLEASE RIBOSOMAL RNA PROCESSING PROTEIN |
| RPACG02419.1 | PROBABLE PHOSPHOLIPID-TRANSPORTING ATPASE |
| RPACG02420.1 | - |
| RPACG02421.1 | - |
| RPACG02422.1 | HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN DSP1 |
| RPACG02423.1 | SAP30 |
| RPACG02424.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| RPACG02425.1 | MOLTING PROTEIN MLT-4 |
| RPACG02426.1 | - |
| RPACG02427.1 | - |
| RPACG02428.1 | PROTEIN, PUTATIVE, EXPRESSED-RELATED |
| RPACG02429.1 | - |
| RPACG02430.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| RPACG02431.1 | - |
| RPACG02432.1 | - |
| RPACG02433.1 | - |
| RPACG02434.1 | - |
| RPACG02435.1 | - |
