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.
| Species | Phylum | Common Name | Ecosystem | Depth | Habitat | NCBI Taxonomy ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeia piscesae | Annelida | tube worms | Hydrothermal vent | 2,196 | 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 | Gene Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R07B-5 | 658.2Mb | Contig | 2022 | JAODUO01 | Universite de Montreal | PRJNA786438 | 94% | 31,703 |
| ASM2569855v1 | 574.96Mb | Scaffold | 2022 | JALOCR01 | Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, PRC | PRJNA826206 | 91.70% | 24,096 |
| Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
|---|---|---|
| Third-Generation Sequencing Reveals the Adaptive Role of the Epigenome in Three Deep-Sea Polychaetes | Molecular Biology and Evolution | 37494294 |
| The genome of a vestimentiferan tubeworm (Ridgeia piscesae) provides insights into its adaptation to a deep-sea environment | BMC Genomics | 36774470 |
| Gene ID | Description |
|---|---|
| KAK2190992.1 | BUCENTAUR RELATED |
| KAK2190993.1 | |
| KAK2190994.1 | IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR 20A-RELATED |
| KAK2190995.1 | IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| KAK2190996.1 | |
| KAK2190997.1 | WD REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 55 |
| KAK2190998.1 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASES |
| KAK2190999.1 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| KAK2191000.1 | |
| KAK2191001.1 | - |
| KAK2191002.1 | PROTEIN ZERKNUELLT 1-RELATED |
| KAK2191003.1 | |
| KAK2191004.1 | PROTEIN ZERKNUELLT 1-RELATED |
| KAK2191005.1 | HOMEOTIC PROTEIN DEFORMED |
| KAK2191006.1 | - |
| KAK2191007.1 | |
| KAK2191008.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN HOX |
| KAK2190924.1 | VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT CALCIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT ALPHA-2/DELTA-RELATED |
| KAK2190925.1 | |
| KAK2190926.1 | |
| KAK2190927.1 | |
| KAK2190928.1 | PKSB |
| KAK2190929.1 | PKSB |
| KAK2190930.1 | AGAP008221-PA |
| KAK2190931.1 | |
| KAK2190932.1 | GAMMA TUBULIN COMPLEX PROTEIN |
| KAK2190933.1 | JAK PATHWAY SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION ADAPTOR MOLECULE |
| KAK2190934.1 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| KAK2190935.1 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| KAK2190936.1 | |
| KAK2190937.1 | AG-1 BLOOD STAGE MEMBRANE PROTEIN HOMOLOGUE |
| KAK2190938.1 | |
| KAK2190939.1 | |
| KAK2190940.1 | TRANSCRIPTASE, PUTATIVE-RELATED-RELATED |
| KAK2190941.1 | CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE POLYPEPTIDE VIC-2 |
| KAK2190942.1 | |
| KAK2190943.1 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| KAK2190944.1 | |
| KAK2190945.1 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASES |
| KAK2190946.1 | |
| KAK2190947.1 | BUCENTAUR RELATED |
| KAK2190948.1 | BUCENTAUR RELATED |
| KAK2190949.1 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASES |
| KAK2190950.1 | CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE POLYPEPTIDE VIC-2 |
| KAK2190951.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| KAK2190952.1 | ANK_REP_REGION DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| KAK2190953.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 246 |
| KAK2190954.1 | VACUOLAR CALCIUM ION TRANSPORTER |
| KAK2190955.1 | VACUOLAR CALCIUM ION TRANSPORTER |
| KAK2190956.1 |
