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 |
|---|---|
| RPACG17450.2 | |
| RPACG17450.3 | |
| RPACG17450.4 | |
| RPACG17450.5 | |
| RPACG17451.1 | |
| RPACG17452.1 | |
| RPACG17453.1 | |
| RPACG17454.1 | |
| RPACG17455.1 | |
| RPACG17456.1 | |
| RPACG17456.2 | |
| RPACG17457.1 | |
| RPACG17458.1 | |
| RPACG17459.1 | |
| RPACG17460.1 | |
| RPACG17461.1 | SLIT RELATED LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT NEURONAL PROTEIN |
| RPACG17462.1 | SLIT RELATED LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT NEURONAL PROTEIN |
| RPACG17463.1 | SLIT RELATED LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT NEURONAL PROTEIN |
| RPACG17464.1 | IG(IMMUNOGLOBULIN) AND LRR(LEUCINE RICH REPEAT) DOMAINS |
| RPACG17465.1 | SLIT RELATED LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT NEURONAL PROTEIN |
| RPACG17466.1 | BCL7 RELATED |
| RPACG17467.1 | |
| RPACG17468.1 | HUNTINGTIN INTERACTING PROTEIN 1 |
| RPACG17469.1 | |
| RPACG17470.1 | BLR2807 PROTEIN |
| RPACG17471.1 | BLR2807 PROTEIN |
| RPACG17472.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 218 |
| RPACG17473.1 | VACUOLAR SORTING PROTEIN VPS29 |
| RPACG17474.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| RPACG17475.1 | CELL DIVISION CYCLE 16,23,27 |
| RPACG17476.1 | IMPORTIN-7, 8, 11 |
| RPACG17477.1 | |
| RPACG17477.2 | |
| RPACG17478.1 | |
| RPACG17479.1 | CUBILIN-LIKE PROTEIN |
| RPACG17480.1 | HIRA-INTERACTING PROTEIN 3 |
| RPACG17481.1 | SODIUM/CHLORIDE DEPENDENT TRANSPORTER |
| RPACG17482.1 | |
| RPACG17483.1 | |
| RPACG17484.1 | |
| RPACG17485.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 22 MEMBER |
| RPACG17486.1 | |
| RPACG17487.1 | PERIAXIN-LIKE |
| RPACG17488.1 | |
| RPACG17489.1 | |
| RPACG17490.1 | |
| RPACG17490.2 | |
| RPACG17490.3 | |
| RPACG17491.1 | T-BOX PROTEIN-RELATED |
| RPACG17491.2 |
