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_g35108 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35109 | |
| SQW42HX01_g3511 | DNA HELICASE RECQ FAMILY MEMBER |
| SQW42HX01_g35110 | HOMEO BOX HB9 LIKE A-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35111 | RNA HELICASE |
| SQW42HX01_g35112 | CYSTEINE-RICH SECRETORY PROTEIN-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35113 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35114 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g35115 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35116 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35117 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35118 | NEUTROPHIL CYTOSOLIC FACTOR 2, NEUTROPHIL NADPH OXIDASE FACTOR 2 |
| SQW42HX01_g35119 | |
| SQW42HX01_g3512 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35120 | PSEUDOURIDINE SYNTHASE-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35121 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35122 | VACUOLAR ATP SYNTHASE SUBUNIT G |
| SQW42HX01_g35123 | ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE |
| SQW42HX01_g35124 | ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE |
| SQW42HX01_g35125 | CRUMBS FAMILY MEMBER |
| SQW42HX01_g35126 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| SQW42HX01_g35127 | BONUS, ISOFORM C-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35128 | BONUS, ISOFORM C-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35129 | KELCH PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g3513 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35130 | ANK_REP_REGION DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g35131 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35132 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35133 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| SQW42HX01_g35134 | SODIUM/CHLORIDE DEPENDENT TRANSPORTER |
| SQW42HX01_g35135 | SODIUM/CHLORIDE DEPENDENT TRANSPORTER |
| SQW42HX01_g35136 | CXC DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35137 | TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35138 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35139 | |
| SQW42HX01_g3514 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35140 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35141 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35142 | PIGGYBAC TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT-DERIVED PROTEIN 4 |
| SQW42HX01_g35143 | PIGGYBAC TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT-DERIVED PROTEIN 4 |
| SQW42HX01_g35144 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35145 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35146 | - |
| SQW42HX01_g35147 | 52 KDA REPRESSOR OF THE INHIBITOR OF THE PROTEIN KINASE-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35148 | SET DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35149 | |
| SQW42HX01_g3515 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35150 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| SQW42HX01_g35151 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35152 | GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR |
