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 |
|---|---|
| RPACG24041.1 | GH04784P |
| RPACG24042.1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT AND STERILE ALPHA MOTIF DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| RPACG24042.2 | |
| RPACG24042.3 | |
| RPACG24042.4 | |
| RPACG24043.1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT AND STERILE ALPHA MOTIF DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| RPACG24044.1 | |
| RPACG24045.1 | |
| RPACG24046.1 | PAIRED BOX PROTEIN PAX-6-RELATED-RELATED |
| RPACG24047.1 | PROTEIN FOLDING REGULATOR |
| RPACG24048.1 | |
| RPACG24049.1 | |
| RPACG24050.1 | |
| RPACG24051.1 | |
| RPACG24051.2 | |
| RPACG24052.1 | |
| RPACG24053.1 | MITOTIC SPINDLE ASSEMBLY CHECKPOINT PROTEIN MAD1 MITOTIC ARREST DEFICIENT-LIKE PROTEIN 1 |
| RPACG24054.1 | MITOTIC SPINDLE ASSEMBLY CHECKPOINT PROTEIN MAD1 MITOTIC ARREST DEFICIENT-LIKE PROTEIN 1 |
| RPACG24055.1 | UNNAMED PRODUCT |
| RPACG24056.1 | ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 INTERACTING PROTEIN |
| RPACG24057.1 | GLUTAMATE-RICH WD REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| RPACG24058.1 | BRAIN PROTEIN I3 |
| RPACG24059.1 | HECT DOMAIN UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE |
| RPACG24060.1 | |
| RPACG24061.1 | |
| RPACG24062.1 | |
| RPACG24063.1 | |
| RPACG24064.1 | |
| RPACG24065.1 | TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL |
| RPACG24066.1 | TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL |
| RPACG24067.1 | PERIAXIN-LIKE |
| RPACG24068.1 | UBIQUITINATION FACTOR E4 |
| RPACG24069.1 | AMINOACYL TRNA SYNTHASE COMPLEX-INTERACTING MULTIFUNCTIONAL PROTEIN |
| RPACG24070.1 | - |
| RPACG24071.1 | NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| RPACG24072.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| RPACG24073.1 | |
| RPACG24074.1 | ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE |
| RPACG24075.1 | O-ACYLTRANSFERASE (WSD1-LIKE) FAMILY PROTEIN |
| RPACG24076.1 | |
| RPACG24077.1 | MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER |
| RPACG24078.1 | UPF0764 PROTEIN C16ORF89 |
| RPACG24079.1 | |
| RPACG24080.1 | |
| RPACG24081.1 | |
| RPACG24082.1 | ENDO/EXONUCLEASE/PHOSPHATASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| RPACG24083.1 | |
| RPACG24084.1 | |
| RPACG24085.1 | PROTEIN CBG12054-RELATED |
| RPACG24085.2 |
