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 |
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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 |
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- | 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 |
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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 |
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RPACG21239.1 | |
RPACG21240.1 | |
RPACG21241.1 | |
RPACG21242.1 | |
RPACG21243.1 | |
RPACG21244.1 | |
RPACG21245.1 | CGI-140 |
RPACG21246.1 | |
RPACG21247.1 | |
RPACG21248.1 | PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE ZDHHC16 |
RPACG21249.1 | |
RPACG21250.1 | SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE 19 KD PROTEIN |
RPACG21251.1 | |
RPACG21252.1 | |
RPACG21253.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
RPACG21254.1 | - |
RPACG21254.2 | |
RPACG21255.1 | |
RPACG21256.1 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE TOPORS |
RPACG21257.1 | SNF2/RAD54 FAMILY MEMBER |
RPACG21258.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA AND DNA HELICASE |
RPACG21259.1 | ANTERIOR GRADIENT PROTEIN-RELATED |
RPACG21260.1 | CT120 PROTEIN |
RPACG21261.1 | GLYCOSYL TRANSFERASE-RELATED |
RPACG21262.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
RPACG21263.1 | HISTIDINE-RICH GLYCOPROTEIN |
RPACG21264.1 | |
RPACG21265.1 | CS DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
RPACG21266.1 | RAS, DI-RAS, AND RHEB FAMILY MEMBERS OF SMALL GTPASE SUPERFAMILY |
RPACG21267.1 | GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE-BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNIT |
RPACG21268.1 | GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE-BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNIT |
RPACG21268.2 | |
RPACG21268.3 | |
RPACG21269.1 | |
RPACG21270.1 | RGD1565685 PROTEIN |
RPACG21271.1 | NACHT, LRR AND PYD DOMAINS-CONTAINING PROTEIN 12 |
RPACG21272.1 | GROWTH ARREST AND DNA DAMAGE-INDUCIBLE PROTEIN GADD45 |
RPACG21273.1 | RNA 3' TERMINAL PHOSPHATE CYCLASE |
RPACG21274.1 | DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE ACETYLTRANSFERASE COMPONENT OF PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX |
RPACG21275.1 | |
RPACG21276.1 | PROTEASE M1 ZINC METALLOPROTEASE |
RPACG21277.1 | |
RPACG21278.1 | PROTEASE M1 ZINC METALLOPROTEASE |
RPACG21279.1 | PROTEASE M1 ZINC METALLOPROTEASE |
RPACG21280.1 | PROTEASE M1 ZINC METALLOPROTEASE |
RPACG21281.1 | |
RPACG21281.2 | |
RPACG21281.3 | |
RPACG21281.4 | |
RPACG21282.1 | ODD-SKIPPED - RELATED |