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 |
|---|---|
| KAK2176734.1 | RING FINGER PROTEIN 127 |
| KAK2176735.1 | |
| KAK2176736.1 | RING FINGER PROTEIN 127 |
| KAK2176737.1 | IQ DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN M |
| KAK2176738.1 | |
| KAK2176739.1 | |
| KAK2176740.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| KAK2176741.1 | REPLICATION FACTOR C / DNA POLYMERASE III GAMMA-TAU SUBUNIT |
| KAK2176742.1 | DAP3-BINDING CELL DEATH ENHANCER 1 |
| KAK2176743.1 | CHROMOSOME-ASSOCIATED KINESIN KIF4A-RELATED |
| KAK2176744.1 | |
| KAK2176745.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN CDX |
| KAK2176746.1 | 2-OXO-4-HYDROXY-4-CARBOXY-5-UREIDOIMIDAZOLINE DECARBOXYLASE-RELATED |
| KAK2176747.1 | DNA2/NAM7 HELICASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| KAK2176748.1 | PROTEASOME MATURATION PROTEIN UMP1 |
| KAK2176749.1 | |
| KAK2176750.1 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| KAK2176751.1 | RAD50 |
| KAK2176752.1 | CHYMOTRYPSIN-RELATED |
| KAK2176753.1 | |
| KAK2176693.1 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| KAK2176694.1 | |
| KAK2176695.1 | - |
| KAK2176696.1 | |
| KAK2176697.1 | |
| KAK2176698.1 | |
| KAK2176699.1 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| KAK2176700.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL KINASE |
| KAK2176701.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL KINASE |
| KAK2176702.1 | |
| KAK2176703.1 | |
| KAK2176704.1 | |
| KAK2176705.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN-LIKE 1 |
| KAK2176706.1 | |
| KAK2176707.1 | CYTOKINE RECEPTOR |
| KAK2176708.1 | TRANSCRIPTASE, PUTATIVE-RELATED-RELATED |
| KAK2176709.1 | CYTOKINE RECEPTOR |
| KAK2176710.1 | CYTOKINE RECEPTOR |
| KAK2176711.1 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASES |
| KAK2176712.1 | |
| KAK2176713.1 | |
| KAK2176714.1 | |
| KAK2176715.1 | CYTOKINE RECEPTOR |
| KAK2176716.1 | NETRIN/LAMININ-RELATED |
| KAK2176717.1 | |
| KAK2176718.1 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| KAK2176719.1 | |
| KAK2176720.1 | ENDO/EXONUCLEASE/PHOSPHATASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| KAK2176721.1 | ENDO/EXONUCLEASE/PHOSPHATASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| KAK2176722.1 |
