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_g34523 | 40S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 |
| SQW42HX01_g34524 | L-THREONINE 3-DEHYDROGENASE |
| SQW42HX01_g34525 | NANOS PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g34526 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE |
| SQW42HX01_g34527 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34528 | PROLINE-RICH PROTEIN PRCC |
| SQW42HX01_g34529 | |
| SQW42HX01_g3453 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34530 | HCLS1-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN X-1 |
| SQW42HX01_g34531 | IG-LIKE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g34532 | SPARC OSTEONECTIN |
| SQW42HX01_g34533 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34534 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 22 MEMBER |
| SQW42HX01_g34535 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34536 | BETA-1,3-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| SQW42HX01_g34537 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34538 | BETA-1,3-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| SQW42HX01_g34539 | BETA-1,3-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| SQW42HX01_g3454 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34540 | AMILORIDE-SENSITIVE SODIUM CHANNEL-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34541 | AMILORIDE-SENSITIVE SODIUM CHANNEL-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34542 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g34543 | AMILORIDE-SENSITIVE SODIUM CHANNEL-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34544 | AMILORIDE-SENSITIVE SODIUM CHANNEL-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34545 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34546 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34547 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 39 |
| SQW42HX01_g34548 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g34549 | GLUTAREDOXIN-LIKE PROTEIN C5ORF63 HOMOLOG |
| SQW42HX01_g3455 | TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34550 | BTK-BINDING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34551 | SPRY DOMAIN CONTAINING SOCS BOX PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g34552 | BTK-BINDING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34553 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34554 | DET1- AND DDB1-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1 |
| SQW42HX01_g34555 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34556 | ENDONUCLEASE-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34557 | HYDROLASE |
| SQW42HX01_g34558 | MITOCHONDRIAL RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN 34 FAMILY MEMBER |
| SQW42HX01_g34559 | ACID CLUSTER PROTEIN 33 |
| SQW42HX01_g3456 | VACUOLAR PROTEIN SORTING 26 RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34560 | SRCR DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g34561 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34562 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34563 | NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| SQW42HX01_g34564 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34565 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34566 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34567 | THREONINE-TRNA LIGASE |
| SQW42HX01_g34568 |
