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, Deep sea, Vent field | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 554Mb | Contig | 2023 | - | QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON | PRJEB55047 | 96% | 37,037 |
| Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
|---|---|---|
| Distinct genomic routes underlie transitions to specialised symbiotic lifestyles in deep-sea annelid worms | nature communications | 37198188 |
| Gene ID | Description |
|---|---|
| RPACG01801.1 | HELICASE |
| RPACG01802.1 | |
| RPACG01803.1 | |
| RPACG01804.1 | |
| RPACG01805.1 | KINESIN LIGHT CHAIN |
| RPACG01806.1 | FIBRONECTIN TYPE-III DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| RPACG01807.1 | |
| RPACG01808.1 | |
| RPACG01809.1 | DNA REPAIR PROTEIN COMPLEMENTING XP-A CELLS |
| RPACG01810.1 | TELOMERE REPEATS-BINDING BOUQUET FORMATION PROTEIN 2 |
| RPACG01811.1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT CONTAINING |
| RPACG01812.1 | |
| RPACG01813.1 | DUAL SPECIFICITY MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE DSOR1-LIKE PROTEIN |
| RPACG01814.1 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L17 |
| RPACG01814.2 | |
| RPACG01815.1 | FIBRINOGEN/TENASCIN/ANGIOPOEITIN |
| RPACG01816.1 | SODIUM/POTASSIUM/CALCIUM EXCHANGER |
| RPACG01817.1 | |
| RPACG01818.1 | SODIUM/POTASSIUM/CALCIUM EXCHANGER |
| RPACG01819.1 | INTEGRASE CATALYTIC DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| RPACG01820.1 | |
| RPACG01821.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| RPACG01822.1 | SECRETORY CARRIER-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN SCAMP |
| RPACG01822.2 | SECRETORY CARRIER-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN SCAMP |
| RPACG01823.1 | ADAPTOR COMPLEX SUBUNIT BETA FAMILY MEMBER |
| RPACG01824.1 | TUBULIN-SPECIFIC CHAPERONE A |
| RPACG01825.1 | C2H2 ZINC FINGER CGI-62-RELATED |
| RPACG01826.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE UNC-51-RELATED |
| RPACG01827.1 | |
| RPACG01828.1 | |
| RPACG01829.1 | GROWTH ARREST-SPECIFIC PROTEIN 1 |
| RPACG01830.1 | |
| RPACG01831.1 | |
| RPACG01832.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 142 |
| RPACG01833.1 | |
| RPACG01834.1 | KRAB AND ZINC FINGER DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| RPACG01835.1 | |
| RPACG01836.1 | KRAB AND ZINC FINGER DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| RPACG01837.1 | |
| RPACG01838.1 | |
| RPACG01839.1 | KRAB AND ZINC FINGER DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| RPACG01840.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| RPACG01841.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| RPACG01842.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| RPACG01843.1 | ZINC FINGER AND SCAN DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| RPACG01844.1 | |
| RPACG01845.1 | |
| RPACG01846.1 | CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR-RELATED PROTEIN |
| RPACG01847.1 | THREONINE-TRNA LIGASE |
| RPACG01848.1 |
