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 |
|---|---|
| RPACG10960.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 35 MEMBER B |
| RPACG10961.1 | THO COMPLEX SUBUNIT 1 |
| RPACG10962.1 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN KINASE |
| RPACG10963.1 | GLUCOKINASE REGULATORY PROTEIN |
| RPACG10964.1 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN KINASE |
| RPACG10965.1 | |
| RPACG10965.2 | |
| RPACG10966.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| RPACG10967.1 | TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT PROTEIN 39 FAMILY MEMBER |
| RPACG10968.1 | FKBP-TYPE PEPTIDYL-PROLYL CIS-TRANS ISOMERASE FKPA |
| RPACG10969.1 | 60 KDA RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN SSA/RO |
| RPACG10970.1 | |
| RPACG10971.1 | PLASMINOGEN RECEPTOR (KT) |
| RPACG10972.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| RPACG10973.1 | SPERMATOGENESIS-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 6 SPATA6 |
| RPACG10974.1 | |
| RPACG10975.1 | |
| RPACG10976.1 | |
| RPACG10977.1 | |
| RPACG10977.2 | |
| RPACG10978.1 | |
| RPACG10978.2 | |
| RPACG10979.1 | |
| RPACG10980.1 | |
| RPACG10980.2 | |
| RPACG10981.1 | 39S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L55, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| RPACG10982.1 | CYSTINOSIN |
| RPACG10983.1 | GAMMA-INTERFERON INDUCIBLE LYSOSOMAL THIOL REDUCTASE GILT |
| RPACG10984.1 | METHYLMALONIC ACIDURIA AND HOMOCYSTINURIA TYPE C PROTEIN |
| RPACG10985.1 | SODIUM/DICARBOXYLATE SYMPORTER-RELATED |
| RPACG10986.1 | |
| RPACG10987.1 | |
| RPACG10988.1 | DRAB11-RELATED |
| RPACG10988.2 | |
| RPACG10989.1 | ZINC FINGER SWIM DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 4, 5, 6 |
| RPACG10990.1 | JITTERBUG, ISOFORM N |
| RPACG10991.1 | |
| RPACG10991.2 | |
| RPACG10992.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN ARISTALESS |
| RPACG10993.1 | |
| RPACG10993.2 | |
| RPACG10994.1 | |
| RPACG10995.1 | |
| RPACG10996.1 | MULTIPLE COAGULATION FACTOR DEFICIENCY PROTEIN 2 NEURAL STEM CELL DERIVED NEURONAL SURVIVAL PROTEIN |
| RPACG10997.1 | TATA BOX-BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTOR RNA POLYMERASE I SUBUNIT A |
| RPACG10998.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 3 SUBUNIT 11 |
| RPACG10999.1 | PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE |
| RPACG11000.1 | CATION CHANNEL SPERM-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN SUBUNIT DELTA-RELATED |
| RPACG11001.1 | CATION CHANNEL SPERM-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN SUBUNIT DELTA-RELATED |
| RPACG11002.1 |
