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.
Animalia (Kingdom); Annelida (Phylum); Polychaeta (Class); Sedentaria (Subclass); Canalipalpata (Infraclass); Sabellida (Order); Siboglinidae (Family); Ridgeia (Genus); Ridgeia piscesae (Species)
Ridgeia piscesae Jones, 1985
1. Jones M L. On the Vestimentifera, new phylum: six new species, and other taxa, from hydrothermal vents and elsewhere[J]. Bull Biol Soc Wash, 1985, 6: 117. (Jones et al., 1985)
2. Southward E C, Tunnicliffe V, Black M. Revision of the species of Ridgeia from northeast Pacific hydrothermal vents, with a redescription of Ridgeia piscesae Jones (Pogonophora: Obturata= Vestimentifera)[J]. Canadian Journal of zoology, 1995, 73(2): 282-295. (Southward et al., 1995)
Shepherd's Vent, Axial Seamount, Juande Fuca Ridge. Hydrothermal vents of Juan de Fuca Ridgeand northern Gorda Ridge
| Species | Phylum | Common Name | Ecosystem | Depth | Habitat | NCBI Taxonomy ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeia piscesae | Annelida | tube worms | Hydrothermal vent | 1,780-2,227 | 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 (%) | Scaffold/Contig N50 (kb) | GC content (%) | Repeat Rate (%) | Gene Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R07B-5 | 658.2Mb | Contig | 2022 | JAODUO01 | Universite de Montreal | PRJNA786438 | 94.00 | 365.4 | 41 | - | 31,703 |
| Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
|---|---|---|
| Third-Generation Sequencing Reveals the Adaptive Role of the Epigenome in Three Deep-Sea Polychaetes | Molecular Biology and Evolution | 37494294 |
| Gene ID | Description |
|---|---|
| KAK2186381.1 | DNA HELICASE RECQ FAMILY MEMBER |
| KAK2186382.1 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L36 |
| KAK2186383.1 | - |
| KAK2186384.1 | C2 DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| KAK2186385.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 3 SUBUNIT J |
| KAK2186386.1 | CREB-REGULATED TRANSCRIPTION COACTIVATOR |
| KAK2186387.1 | CREB-REGULATED TRANSCRIPTION COACTIVATOR |
| KAK2186388.1 | PEROXISOMAL BIOGENESIS FACTOR 11 |
| KAK2186389.1 | ANTIGEN BSP, PUTATIVE-RELATED |
| KAK2186390.1 | TESTIS DEVELOPMENT PROTEIN PRTD |
| KAK2186391.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| KAK2186392.1 | - |
| KAK2186393.1 | PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN A |
| KAK2186394.1 | PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE |
| KAK2186395.1 | - |
| KAK2186396.1 | MULTIPLE COAGULATION FACTOR DEFICIENCY PROTEIN 2 NEURAL STEM CELL DERIVED NEURONAL SURVIVAL PROTEIN |
| KAK2186397.1 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| KAK2186398.1 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| KAK2186348.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE DBP3 |
| KAK2186349.1 | BETA-1,3-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
