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 |
|---|---|
| RPACG17790.1 | |
| RPACG17791.1 | |
| RPACG17792.1 | SYNAPTIC ADHESION-LIKE MOLECULE SALM |
| RPACG17793.1 | |
| RPACG17793.2 | |
| RPACG17793.3 | |
| RPACG17794.1 | |
| RPACG17795.1 | - |
| RPACG17796.1 | |
| RPACG17797.1 | |
| RPACG17798.1 | SERINE/ARGININE REPETITIVE MATRIX PROTEIN 5-RELATED |
| RPACG17799.1 | SERINE/ARGININE REPETITIVE MATRIX PROTEIN 5-RELATED |
| RPACG17800.1 | SERINE/ARGININE REPETITIVE MATRIX PROTEIN 5-RELATED |
| RPACG17801.1 | |
| RPACG17802.1 | |
| RPACG17803.1 | SERINE/ARGININE REPETITIVE MATRIX PROTEIN 5-RELATED |
| RPACG17804.1 | SERINE/ARGININE REPETITIVE MATRIX PROTEIN 5-RELATED |
| RPACG17805.1 | |
| RPACG17806.1 | |
| RPACG17807.1 | SERINE/ARGININE REPETITIVE MATRIX PROTEIN 5-RELATED |
| RPACG17808.1 | |
| RPACG17808.2 | |
| RPACG17809.1 | |
| RPACG17810.1 | |
| RPACG17811.1 | |
| RPACG17812.1 | |
| RPACG17813.1 | |
| RPACG17814.1 | |
| RPACG17814.2 | |
| RPACG17814.3 | |
| RPACG17815.1 | |
| RPACG17816.1 | SERINE/ARGININE REPETITIVE MATRIX PROTEIN 5-RELATED |
| RPACG17817.1 | |
| RPACG17818.1 | SERINE/ARGININE REPETITIVE MATRIX PROTEIN 5-RELATED |
| RPACG17819.1 | |
| RPACG17820.1 | |
| RPACG17821.1 | |
| RPACG17822.1 | SERINE/ARGININE REPETITIVE MATRIX PROTEIN 5-RELATED |
| RPACG17823.1 | |
| RPACG17824.1 | |
| RPACG17825.1 | |
| RPACG17826.1 | |
| RPACG17827.1 | |
| RPACG17828.1 | |
| RPACG17829.1 | SERINE/ARGININE REPETITIVE MATRIX PROTEIN 5-RELATED |
| RPACG17830.1 | |
| RPACG17831.1 | |
| RPACG17832.1 | |
| RPACG17833.1 | |
| RPACG17834.1 | PHOSPHOTYROSINE INTERACTION DOMAIN-CONTAINING FAMILY MEMBER |
