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_g34839 | LIM/HOMEOBOX PROTEIN LHX |
| SQW42HX01_g3484 | SI:CH211-196P9.1-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34840 | MITOCHONDRIAL RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S18B |
| SQW42HX01_g34841 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1 REGULATORY SUBUNIT 10-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34842 | GOLGIN SUBFAMILY A MEMBER-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34843 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34844 | LARGE SUBUNIT GTPASE 1 HOMOLOG-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34845 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| SQW42HX01_g34846 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN KINASE RECEPTOR |
| SQW42HX01_g34847 | HEAT SHOCK 70 KDA PROTEIN 14 |
| SQW42HX01_g34848 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34849 | |
| SQW42HX01_g3485 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34850 | ALLOGRAFT INFLAMMATORY FACTOR-1 |
| SQW42HX01_g34851 | RIKEN CDNA 4933430I17 GENE |
| SQW42HX01_g34852 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34853 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34854 | CRYPTOCHROME |
| SQW42HX01_g34855 | PIGGYBAC TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT-DERIVED PROTEIN 4 |
| SQW42HX01_g34856 | PIGGYBAC TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT-DERIVED PROTEIN 4 |
| SQW42HX01_g34857 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34858 | FI04643P-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34859 | FIBRINOGEN/TENASCIN/ANGIOPOEITIN |
| SQW42HX01_g3486 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34860 | VALYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES |
| SQW42HX01_g34861 | PNAS-3 RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34862 | OUTER DENSE FIBER OF SPERM TAILS 2 |
| SQW42HX01_g34863 | TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR |
| SQW42HX01_g34864 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34865 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34866 | NON-LTR RETROLELEMENT REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34867 | - |
| SQW42HX01_g34868 | EXPRESSED PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g34869 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN KINASE RECEPTOR |
| SQW42HX01_g3487 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34870 | INTERFERON-INDUCED PROTEIN WITH TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEATS |
| SQW42HX01_g34871 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34872 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34873 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34874 | DNAJ HOMOLOG SUBFAMILY C MEMBER 5 HOMOLOG |
| SQW42HX01_g34875 | TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| SQW42HX01_g34876 | CRYPTOCHROME |
| SQW42HX01_g34877 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE |
| SQW42HX01_g34878 | SJOEGREN SYNDROME NUCLEAR AUTOANTIGEN 1 |
| SQW42HX01_g34879 | |
| SQW42HX01_g3488 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34880 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34881 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34882 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34883 | ASPARTYL/LYSYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE |
