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 |
|---|---|
| RPACG00614.1 | |
| RPACG00615.1 | PARP/ZINC FINGER CCCH TYPE DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| RPACG00616.1 | PARP/ZINC FINGER CCCH TYPE DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| RPACG00617.1 | PROTOPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE |
| RPACG00618.1 | CHARGED MULTIVESICULAR BODY PROTEIN |
| RPACG00619.1 | UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYME E2 |
| RPACG00620.1 | RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR-RELATED |
| RPACG00620.2 | |
| RPACG00621.1 | |
| RPACG00622.1 | |
| RPACG00623.1 | ANTIGEN 332, DBL-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED |
| RPACG00624.1 | |
| RPACG00625.1 | |
| RPACG00626.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 142 |
| RPACG00627.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 142 |
| RPACG00628.1 | MEDIATOR OF RNA POLYMERASE II TRANSCRIPTION SUBUNIT 10 |
| RPACG00629.1 | |
| RPACG00630.1 | RECEPTOR-TYPE TYROSINE-PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE |
| RPACG00631.1 | |
| RPACG00632.1 | |
| RPACG00633.1 | |
| RPACG00634.1 | |
| RPACG00635.1 | |
| RPACG00636.1 | |
| RPACG00637.1 | |
| RPACG00638.1 | |
| RPACG00639.1 | |
| RPACG00640.1 | |
| RPACG00641.1 | |
| RPACG00642.1 | RECEPTOR-TYPE TYROSINE-PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE |
| RPACG00643.1 | |
| RPACG00643.2 | |
| RPACG00644.1 | COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 30 |
| RPACG00644.2 | |
| RPACG00645.1 | MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER |
| RPACG00645.2 | |
| RPACG00646.1 | MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER |
| RPACG00647.1 | |
| RPACG00648.1 | CALCIUM-TRANSPORTING ATPASE |
| RPACG00649.1 | 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE RECEPTOR |
| RPACG00650.1 | SHORT-CHAIN DEHYDROGENASE/REDUCTASE |
| RPACG00651.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 3 SUBUNIT F-RELATED |
| RPACG00652.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 33 ACETYL-COA TRANSPORTER -RELATED |
| RPACG00653.1 | ANOCTAMIN |
| RPACG00654.1 | |
| RPACG00655.1 | |
| RPACG00656.1 | |
| RPACG00657.1 | CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES REGULATORY SUBUNIT/60S RIBOSOME SUBUNIT BIOGENESIS PROTEIN NIP7 |
| RPACG00658.1 | SMALL VASOHIBIN-BINDING PROTEIN |
| RPACG00659.1 | ACETYL-COA HYDROLASE-RELATED |
