Ridgeia piscesae is a tube worm found in a variety of environments on the Juan de Fuca Ridge. Found in clusters up to several square meters in area, these Polychaete’s lack a digestive tract, instead taking up organic carbon from symbiotic, chemoautotrophic bacteria found in their specially-evolved trophosomes. These bacteria oxidize sulfur in order to create organic material. Initially thought to be several species of the Ridgeia genus on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, genetic comparison showed that only one species existed, with various morphologies. The two extreme morphologies are the so-called long-skinny and fat-short forms.
| Species | Phylum | Common Name | Ecosystem | Depth | Habitat | NCBI Taxonomy ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeia piscesae | Annelida | tube worms | Hydrothermal vent | 2,196 | the Juan de Fuca Ridge (47°57.00′ N, 129°5.82′ W) | 27915 |
| Genome Assembly | Genome Size | Assembly level | Released year | WGS accession | Submitter | BioProject | BUSCO completeness | Gene Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R07B-5 | 658.2Mb | Contig | 2022 | JAODUO01 | Universite de Montreal | PRJNA786438 | 94% | 31,703 |
| ASM2569855v1 | 574.96Mb | Scaffold | 2022 | JALOCR01 | Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, PRC | PRJNA826206 | 91.70% | 24,096 |
| Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
|---|---|---|
| Third-Generation Sequencing Reveals the Adaptive Role of the Epigenome in Three Deep-Sea Polychaetes | Molecular Biology and Evolution | 37494294 |
| The genome of a vestimentiferan tubeworm (Ridgeia piscesae) provides insights into its adaptation to a deep-sea environment | BMC Genomics | 36774470 |
| Gene ID | Description |
|---|---|
| KAK2181890.1 | HISTONE H2A |
| KAK2181891.1 | DNA-DAMAGE-INDUCIBLE TRANSCRIPT 4 PROTEIN DDIT4 |
| KAK2181892.1 | |
| KAK2181893.1 | CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE |
| KAK2181894.1 | GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR |
| KAK2181895.1 | |
| KAK2181896.1 | |
| KAK2181897.1 | FUMARATE HYDRATASE-RELATED |
| KAK2181898.1 | |
| KAK2181899.1 | |
| KAK2181900.1 | |
| KAK2181901.1 | PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE |
| KAK2181902.1 | KEREN-RELATED |
| KAK2181903.1 | |
| KAK2181904.1 | LD33804P |
| KAK2181905.1 | TRANSFORMER-2 SEX-DETERMINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| KAK2181906.1 | |
| KAK2181907.1 | |
| KAK2181908.1 | RNA RECOGNITION MOTIF RRM DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| KAK2181909.1 | PROLYL HYDROXYLASE-RELATED |
| KAK2181910.1 | PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR GPR1, PUTATIVE-RELATED |
| KAK2181911.1 | ADIPOR/PROGESTIN RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| KAK2181855.1 | |
| KAK2181856.1 | LOC100145250 PROTEIN |
| KAK2181857.1 | LOC100145250 PROTEIN |
| KAK2181858.1 | |
| KAK2181859.1 | |
| KAK2181860.1 | LOC100145250 PROTEIN |
| KAK2181861.1 | LOC100145250 PROTEIN |
| KAK2181862.1 | TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATOR CUBITUS INTERRUPTUS |
| KAK2181863.1 | |
| KAK2181864.1 | |
| KAK2181865.1 | ETS |
| KAK2181866.1 | TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR |
| KAK2181867.1 | |
| KAK2181868.1 | |
| KAK2181869.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 17 |
| KAK2181870.1 | |
| KAK2181871.1 | |
| KAK2181872.1 | YEATS DOMAIN |
| KAK2181873.1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT AND PROTEIN KINASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| KAK2181874.1 | |
| KAK2181838.1 | 3-OXO-5-ALPHA-STEROID 4-DEHYDROGENASE |
| KAK2181839.1 | CILIA- AND FLAGELLA-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 57 |
| KAK2181840.1 | SPERMATOGENESIS ASSOCIATED 11-RELATED |
| KAK2181841.1 | |
| KAK2181842.1 | GLYCEROPHOSPHODIESTER PHOSPHODIESTERASE 1 |
| KAK2181843.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 59-LIKE PROTEIN |
| KAK2181844.1 | STATHMIN |
| KAK2181845.1 | GH03947P |
