Lamellibrachia satsuma , also known as Satsuma tubeworm, is a vestimentiferan tube worm that was discovered near a hydrothermal vent in Kagoshima Bay, Kagoshima at the depth of only 82 m the shallowest depth record for a vestimentiferan. Its symbiotic sulfur oxidizer bacteria have been characterised as ε-Proteobacteria and γ-Proteobacteria. Subspecies have been later found associated with cold seeps at Hatsushima in Sagami Bay and at the Daini Tenryu Knoll in the Nankai Trough with specimens obtained at up to 1,170 m depth.
| Species | Phylum | Common Name | Ecosystem | Depth | Habitat | NCBI Taxonomy ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamellibrachia satsuma | Annelida | tube worms | Cold seep | 110 | Kagoshima Bay, Kagoshima, Japan (31_39.756ʹN, 130_48.050ʹE) | 104711 |
| Genome Assembly | Genome Size | Assembly level | Released year | WGS accession | Submitter | BioProject | BUSCO completeness | Gene Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASM3323900v1 | 736Mb | Scaffold | 2023 | BSQZ01 | Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo | PRJDB14199 | 95.50% | 27,979 |
| Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
|---|---|---|
| Genomic and transcriptomic analyses illuminate the molecular basis of the unique lifestyle of a tubeworm, Lamellibrachia satsuma | DNA Research | 37358253 |
