The sea star Zoroaster sp. YZ-2022 is a species in the family Zoroasteridae, occurring exclusively in the deep sea. They have five long, skinny arms and very small central discs, giving them a very distinctive appearance. The observed one is frequently pale yellow or white in coloration, sometimes with spiny projections on the aboral surface.
Animalia Kingdom; Echinodermata (Phylum); Asteroidea (Class); Forcipulatida (Order); Zoroasteridae (Family); Zoroaster (Genus); Zoroaster sp. YZ-2022 (Species)
Zoroaster sp. YZ-2022
| Species | Phylum | Common Name | Ecosystem | Depth | Habitat | NCBI Taxonomy ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoroaster sp. YZ-2022 | Echinodermata | deep-sea Asteroidea, deep-sea starfish | Cold seep/Hydrothermal vent | 1,750 | orthern South China Sea (111.033E, 17.597 N) | 2989510 |
| Genome Assembly | Genome Size | Assembly level | Released year | WGS accession | Submitter | BioProject | BUSCO completeness (%) | Scaffold/Contig N50 (kb) | GC content (%) | Repeat Rate (%) | Gene Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQW42HX01_v1 | 1Gb | Chromosome | 2023 | JAQQFT01 | Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering,Chinese Academy of Sciences | PRJNA891479 | 95.91 | 40,400/376.2 | 38 | 63.9 | 39,426 |
| Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
|---|---|---|
| A chromosome-level genome assembly of a deep-sea starfish (Zoroaster cf. ophiactis) | Scientific Data | 37528102 |
| Gene ID | Description |
|---|---|
| SQW42HX01_g34208 | NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| SQW42HX01_g34209 | |
| SQW42HX01_g3421 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34210 | AQUAPORIN OR AQUAGLYCEROPORIN RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34211 | FORKHEAD BOX PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g34212 | NEUROTRANSMITTER GATED ION CHANNEL |
| SQW42HX01_g34213 | GAMMA-SECRETASE SUBUNIT APH-1 |
| SQW42HX01_g34214 | CGI-41 METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| SQW42HX01_g34215 | UTP15 U3 SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 15 FAMILY MEMBER |
| SQW42HX01_g34216 | CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR-RELATED PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g34217 | CHONDROITIN SYNTHASE |
| SQW42HX01_g34218 | CHONDROITIN SYNTHASE |
| SQW42HX01_g34219 | TRANSLATION ELONGATION FACTOR-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g3422 | SET DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34220 | COLLAGEN |
| SQW42HX01_g34221 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34222 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34223 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34224 | KINESIN-LIKE PROTEIN KLP-3 |
| SQW42HX01_g34225 | TNFR-CYS DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g34226 | RAG1-ACTIVATING PROTEIN 1 |
| SQW42HX01_g34227 | CHROMODOMAIN-HELICASE-DNA-BINDING PROTEIN 3-RELATED-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34228 | ASPARTYL/LYSYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE |
| SQW42HX01_g34229 | |
| SQW42HX01_g3423 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34230 | DNA HELICASE RECQ FAMILY MEMBER |
| SQW42HX01_g34231 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L36 |
| SQW42HX01_g34232 | C2 DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g34233 | SERINE-THREONINE PROTEIN KINASE |
| SQW42HX01_g34234 | SH3 DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| SQW42HX01_g34235 | CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY FACTOR 1 SUBUNIT A CAF-1 SUBUNIT A |
| SQW42HX01_g34236 | RAS-LIKE FAMILY MEMBER 11 |
| SQW42HX01_g34237 | UBIQUITIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2-LIKE/LINGERER |
| SQW42HX01_g34238 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34239 | TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g3424 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34240 | TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34241 | FORMAMIDOPYRIMIDINE-DNA GLYCOSYLASE |
| SQW42HX01_g34242 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| SQW42HX01_g34243 | 4.1 G PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g34244 | GLUCONOKINASE-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34245 | DNA POLYMERASE IOTA |
| SQW42HX01_g34246 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 15-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34247 | PROTEIN FAM221A-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34248 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34249 | FRIZZLED |
| SQW42HX01_g3425 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34250 | MULTICOPPER OXIDASE-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34251 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34252 | FRIZZLED |
