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 |
|---|---|
| KAK2180774.1 | |
| KAK2180775.1 | - |
| KAK2180776.1 | |
| KAK2180777.1 | PAIRED BOX PROTEIN PAX-6-RELATED-RELATED |
| KAK2180778.1 | |
| KAK2180779.1 | |
| KAK2180780.1 | - |
| KAK2180781.1 | THIOSULFATE SULFERTANSFERASE |
| KAK2180782.1 | |
| KAK2180783.1 | |
| KAK2180784.1 | |
| KAK2180785.1 | |
| KAK2180786.1 | |
| KAK2180787.1 | ZINC FINGER MIZ DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| KAK2180788.1 | |
| KAK2180789.1 | |
| KAK2180790.1 | SNARE PROTEINS |
| KAK2180791.1 | |
| KAK2180792.1 | DNA-DIRECTED PRIMASE / POLYMERASE PROTEIN |
| KAK2180793.1 | DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III |
| KAK2180794.1 | |
| KAK2180795.1 | CALCIUM UNIPORTER PROTEIN, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| KAK2180796.1 | |
| KAK2180797.1 | |
| KAK2180755.1 | MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED GUANYLATE KINASE MAGUK |
| KAK2180756.1 | FMRFAMIDE RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| KAK2180757.1 | BETA TRANSDUCIN-RELATED PROTEIN |
| KAK2180758.1 | |
| KAK2180759.1 | FATTY ACID ACYL TRANSFERASE-RELATED |
| KAK2180760.1 | FATTY ACID ACYL TRANSFERASE-RELATED |
| KAK2180761.1 | BCL-2 RELATED |
| KAK2180762.1 | - |
| KAK2180763.1 | |
| KAK2180764.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 4 GAMMA |
| KAK2180765.1 | |
| KAK2180766.1 | FI18025P1 |
| KAK2180767.1 | |
| KAK2180768.1 | |
| KAK2180769.1 | |
| KAK2180770.1 | PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN A |
| KAK2180771.1 | PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN A |
| KAK2180772.1 | |
| KAK2180746.1 | PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN/KEXIN-RELATED |
| KAK2180747.1 | |
| KAK2180748.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL 28S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S27 |
| KAK2180749.1 | CGI-41 METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| KAK2180750.1 | YIPPEE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| KAK2180751.1 | MYOTUBULARIN-RELATED |
| KAK2180752.1 | |
| KAK2180753.1 | GRAM DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 2B-RELATED |
