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_g34974 | MYOMEGALIN |
| SQW42HX01_g34975 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34976 | PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE |
| SQW42HX01_g34977 | GRIP AND COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| SQW42HX01_g34978 | RAW, ISOFORM A |
| SQW42HX01_g34979 | |
| SQW42HX01_g3498 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34980 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34981 | LD11652P |
| SQW42HX01_g34982 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34983 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g34984 | LIM/HOMEOBOX PROTEIN LHX |
| SQW42HX01_g34985 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34986 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34987 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34988 | TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION FACTOR TFIID |
| SQW42HX01_g34989 | PROTEIN B, PUTATIVE-RELATED-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g3499 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34990 | HOMEO BOX HB9 LIKE A-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34991 | ENDONUCLEASE |
| SQW42HX01_g34992 | RETROVIRUS-RELATED POL POLYPROTEIN FROM TRANSPOSON 412-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34993 | 26S PROTEASOME NON-ATPASE REGULATORY SUBUNIT 5-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34994 | 34 KDA TRANSCRIPTIONAL CO-ACTIVATOR-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34995 | PROCOLLAGEN-LYSINE,2-OXOGLUTARATE 5-DIOXYGENASE/GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE 25 FAMILY MEMBER |
| SQW42HX01_g34996 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34997 | ENDONUCLEASE |
| SQW42HX01_g34998 | |
| SQW42HX01_g34999 | RING FINGER AND CCCH-TYPE ZINC FINGER DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g35 | |
| SQW42HX01_g350 | BONUS, ISOFORM C-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g3500 | CXC DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35000 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35001 | PHAGE_INTEGRASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g35002 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| SQW42HX01_g35003 | HYDROLETHALUS SYNDROME PROTEIN 1 |
| SQW42HX01_g35004 | MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE-BINDING PROTEIN 1 |
| SQW42HX01_g35005 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35006 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35007 | SERINE / THREONINE RACEMASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| SQW42HX01_g35008 | ORGANIC SOLUTE TRANSPORTER-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35009 | 30S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S1 |
| SQW42HX01_g3501 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35010 | NEUROTRANSMITTER GATED ION CHANNEL |
| SQW42HX01_g35011 | DNA MISMATCH REPAIR PROTEIN MUTS FAMILY MEMBER |
| SQW42HX01_g35012 | TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL |
| SQW42HX01_g35013 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35014 | CYSTEINE-RICH SECRETORY PROTEIN-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35015 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35016 | CYSTEINE-RICH SECRETORY PROTEIN-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35017 | CYSTEINE-RICH SECRETORY PROTEIN-RELATED |
