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 |
|---|---|
| KAK2190474.1 | KNIRPS-RELATED PROTEIN-RELATED |
| KAK2190411.1 | TRANSCRIPTASE, PUTATIVE-RELATED-RELATED |
| KAK2190412.1 | PROTEASOME ASSEMBLY CHAPERONE 2 |
| KAK2190413.1 | SYNTAXIN |
| KAK2190414.1 | VESICLE-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN |
| KAK2190415.1 | CAS SCAFFOLDING PROTEIN |
| KAK2190416.1 | |
| KAK2190417.1 | TESTIS, PROSTATE AND PLACENTA-EXPRESSED PROTEIN |
| KAK2190418.1 | NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR |
| KAK2190419.1 | CADHERIN-23 |
| KAK2190420.1 | |
| KAK2190421.1 | PROTEIN BARK BEETLE |
| KAK2190422.1 | FIBRINOGEN/TENASCIN/ANGIOPOEITIN |
| KAK2190423.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| KAK2190424.1 | PROTEIN CBG20488 |
| KAK2190425.1 | |
| KAK2190426.1 | PROPERDIN |
| KAK2190427.1 | |
| KAK2190428.1 | |
| KAK2190429.1 | TRANSPOSON |
| KAK2190430.1 | |
| KAK2190431.1 | |
| KAK2190432.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL 39S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L51 |
| KAK2190433.1 | |
| KAK2190434.1 | BETA-LACTAMASE-RELATED |
| KAK2190435.1 | POLYMYOSITIS/SCLERODERMA AUTOANTIGEN-RELATED |
| KAK2190436.1 | |
| KAK2190437.1 | HILLARIN |
| KAK2190438.1 | NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR |
| KAK2190439.1 | |
| KAK2190440.1 | CDC68 RELATED |
| KAK2190441.1 | TRAFFICKING PROTEIN PARTICLE COMPLEX SUBUNIT 2 |
| KAK2190442.1 | DNA TOPOISOMERASE I |
| KAK2190364.1 | ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE |
| KAK2190365.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| KAK2190366.1 | EXPRESSED PROTEIN |
| KAK2190367.1 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| KAK2190368.1 | - |
| KAK2190369.1 | MOLYBDOPTERIN COFACTOR SULFURASE MOSC |
| KAK2190370.1 | |
| KAK2190371.1 | TRANSLATION ELONGATION FACTOR G-RELATED |
| KAK2190372.1 | MOLYBDOPTERIN COFACTOR SULFURASE MOSC |
| KAK2190373.1 | |
| KAK2190374.1 | |
| KAK2190375.1 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASES |
| KAK2190376.1 | F-BOX ONLY PROTEIN 28 |
| KAK2190377.1 | 3-OXO-5-ALPHA-STEROID 4-DEHYDROGENASE |
| KAK2190378.1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT AND PROTEIN KINASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| KAK2190379.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| KAK2190380.1 | SMOOTH MUSCLE MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN-RELATED |
