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 |
|---|---|
| RPACG02846.1 | |
| RPACG02847.1 | |
| RPACG02847.2 | |
| RPACG02848.1 | |
| RPACG02849.1 | STG PROTEIN |
| RPACG02850.1 | |
| RPACG02851.1 | |
| RPACG02852.1 | |
| RPACG02853.1 | |
| RPACG02854.1 | ETS |
| RPACG02855.1 | ETS |
| RPACG02856.1 | |
| RPACG02857.1 | |
| RPACG02858.1 | |
| RPACG02859.1 | SET AND MYND DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 4 |
| RPACG02860.1 | WU:FJ29H11 |
| RPACG02861.1 | |
| RPACG02862.1 | ACYL-COA SYNTHETASE |
| RPACG02863.1 | |
| RPACG02864.1 | ACYL-COA SYNTHETASE |
| RPACG02865.1 | |
| RPACG02865.2 | |
| RPACG02866.1 | |
| RPACG02867.1 | TUMOR PROTEIN P63-REGULATED GENE 1-LIKE PROTEIN |
| RPACG02868.1 | WD REPEAT PROTEIN 8-RELATED |
| RPACG02869.1 | CELLULAR TUMOR ANTIGEN P53 |
| RPACG02869.2 | CELLULAR TUMOR ANTIGEN P53 |
| RPACG02869.3 | CELLULAR TUMOR ANTIGEN P53 |
| RPACG02870.1 | EXPRESSED PROTEIN |
| RPACG02871.1 | VEPH-A/MELTED |
| RPACG02872.1 | 39S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L20 |
| RPACG02873.1 | NIBRIN-RELATED |
| RPACG02874.1 | OS02G0815200 PROTEIN |
| RPACG02875.1 | ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX SUBUNIT 6 |
| RPACG02876.1 | D-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE |
| RPACG02877.1 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L14 |
| RPACG02878.1 | TESTOSTERONE-REGULATED PROTEIN RP2 |
| RPACG02879.1 | OXA1 |
| RPACG02880.1 | RNA POLYMERASE II NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION PROTEIN SLC7A6OS-RELATED |
| RPACG02881.1 | EGF-LIKE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| RPACG02882.1 | STROMAL ANTIGEN |
| RPACG02883.1 | FINGER PUTATIVE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FAMILY-RELATED |
| RPACG02884.1 | |
| RPACG02885.1 | |
| RPACG02886.1 | SAL-LIKE PROTEIN |
| RPACG02887.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| RPACG02888.1 | |
| RPACG02889.1 | UBIQUITIN-ACTIVATING ENZYME E1 |
| RPACG02890.1 | CDC73 DOMAIN PROTEIN |
| RPACG02891.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE PP2A-RELATED |
