Hydrothermal vents are among the most fascinating environments that exist within the
modern oceans, being home to highly productive communities of specially-adapted fauna …

Vestimentiferan tubeworms are iconic animals that present as large habitat-forming
chitinized tube bushes in deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystems. They are gutless and …

Animals endemic to deep-sea hydrothermal vents often form obligatory symbioses with
bacteria, maintained by intricate host–symbiont interactions. Most genomic studies on …

Bacterial symbioses allow annelids to colonise extreme ecological niches, such as
hydrothermal vents and whale falls. Yet, the genetic principles sustaining these symbioses …

The roles of DNA methylation in invertebrates are poorly characterized, and critical data are
missing for the phylum Annelida. We fill this knowledge gap by conducting the first genome …

Lophotrochozoa is one of the most species-rich but immunologically poorly explored phyla.
Although lack of acquired response in a narrow sense, lophotrochozoans possess various …

Hydrothermal vent habitats are characterized by high hydrostatic pressure, darkness, and
the continuous release of toxic metal ions into the surrounding environment where sea …

Understanding of adaptation and evolution of organisms in the deep sea requires more
genomic resources. Zoroaster cf. ophiactis is a sea star in the family Zoroasteridae occurring …

Cold seeps and hydrothermal vents are deep-sea reducing environments that are
characterized by lacking oxygen and photosynthesis-derived nutrients. Most animals …

The mutualistic interactions between Riftia pachyptila and its endosymbiont Candidatus
Endoriftia persephone (short Endoriftia) have been extensively researched. However, the …