About Riftia pachyptila

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.


Basic Information
SpeciesPhylumCommon NameEcosystemDepthHabitatNCBI Taxonomy ID
Riftia pachyptilaAnnelidaCold seep, Hydrothermal vent2,514 hydrothermal vent site Tica, East Pacific Rise (Alvin dive 4839, 9°50.398′N, 104°17.506′W)6426

Genome Assembly Information
Genome AssemblyGenome SizeAssembly levelReleased yearWGS accessionSubmitterBioProjectBUSCO completenessGene Number
-560.7MbContig2022-University of ViennaPRJNA75449399.37%25,984
-554MbContig2023-QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDONPRJEB5504795.60%37,037

References
TitleJournalPubmed ID
Novel Insights on Obligate Symbiont Lifestyle and Adaptation to Chemosynthetic Environment as Revealed by the Giant Tubeworm GenomeMolecular Biology and Evolution34893862
Distinct genomic routes underlie transitions to specialised symbiotic lifestyles in deep-sea annelid wormsnature communications37198188

Gene Information

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Gene IDDescription
RPACG03938.1
RPACG03939.1
RPACG03940.1
RPACG03941.1FIBRINOGEN/TENASCIN/ANGIOPOEITIN
RPACG03942.1
RPACG03943.1
RPACG03943.2
RPACG03944.1DISCOIDIN, CUB, EGF, LAMININ , AND ZINC METALLOPROTEASE DOMAIN CONTAINING
RPACG03945.1DISCOIDIN, CUB, EGF, LAMININ , AND ZINC METALLOPROTEASE DOMAIN CONTAINING
RPACG03946.1
RPACG03947.1
RPACG03948.1
RPACG03949.1PROTEIN SGT1 HOMOLOG
RPACG03950.1RHO GTPASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN AT 15B, ISOFORM C
RPACG03951.1RHO GTPASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN AT 15B, ISOFORM C
RPACG03952.1EGF-LIKE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN
RPACG03953.1
RPACG03954.1STEROID RECEPTOR RNA ACTIVATOR 1
RPACG03955.1STROMAL INTERACTION MOLECULE HOMOLOG
RPACG03956.1ANKYRIN REPEAT FAMILY A
RPACG03957.1FAM11A, B PROTEIN
RPACG03958.1
RPACG03959.1
RPACG03960.1PROTEIN EVA-1
RPACG03961.1
RPACG03962.1OVOCHYMASE-RELATED
RPACG03963.1ACROSIN-RELATED
RPACG03964.1OVOCHYMASE-RELATED
RPACG03965.1OVOCHYMASE-RELATED
RPACG03966.1OVOCHYMASE-RELATED
RPACG03966.2
RPACG03966.3
RPACG03967.1TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEASE SERINE
RPACG03968.1OVOCHYMASE-RELATED
RPACG03969.1OVOCHYMASE-RELATED
RPACG03970.1OVOCHYMASE-RELATED
RPACG03971.1TRYPSIN-RELATED
RPACG03972.1UNCHARACTERIZED
RPACG03973.1DFG10 PROTEIN
RPACG03974.1DNA DAMAGE-INDUCIBLE APOPTOSIS SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN DDIAS
RPACG03975.1DNA REPAIR DEAD HELICASE RAD3/XP-D SUBFAMILY MEMBER
RPACG03976.1
RPACG03977.1GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE-RELATED
RPACG03978.1
RPACG03979.1
RPACG03980.1
RPACG03981.1
RPACG03982.1
RPACG03983.1SLIT RELATED LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT NEURONAL PROTEIN
RPACG03984.1TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL
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