Gigantidas platifrons is a deep-sea mussel that is common in hydrothermal vents and methane seeps in the Western Pacific Ocean. It is found in hydrothermal vents in the Okinawa Trough and cold seeps in Sagami Bay (Japan) and the South China Sea. Morever, it harbours methane-oxidizing bacteria in its gill, which help to transfer methane into material and energy to help it to thrive in such environments.
| Species | Phylum | Common Name | Ecosystem | Depth | Habitat | NCBI Taxonomy ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigantidas platifrons | Mollusca | cold seep mussel, Bathymodiolus platifrons | Cold seep/Hydrothermal vent | 1,122-1,430 | methane seep (22° 06.921′ N, 119° 17.131′ E) in the South China Sea | 2830794 |
| Genome Assembly | Genome Size | Assembly level | Released year | WGS accession | Submitter | BioProject | BUSCO completeness | Gene Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bpl_v1.0 | 1.64Gb | Scaffold | 2017 | MJUT01 | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | PRJNA328542 | 96.30% | 33,584 |
| Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
|---|---|---|
| Adaptation to deep-sea chemosynthetic environments as revealed by mussel genomes | Nature Ecology & Evolution | 28812709 |
