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_g35379 | |
| SQW42HX01_g3538 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35380 | DNA HELICASE RECQ FAMILY MEMBER |
| SQW42HX01_g35381 | HAT FAMILY DIMERISATION DOMAINCONTAINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35382 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35383 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35384 | SAM-DEPENDENT METHYLTRANSFERASE SUPERFAMILY PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g35385 | INOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHATASE/HAM1 PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g35386 | GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR |
| SQW42HX01_g35387 | GUANYLATE BINDING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g35388 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35389 | |
| SQW42HX01_g3539 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35390 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35391 | G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35392 | BEN DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 5 |
| SQW42HX01_g35393 | ENDO/EXONUCLEASE/PHOSPHATASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g35394 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35395 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35396 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35397 | GOLGI-LOCALIZED, GAMMA-ADAPTIN EAR CONTAINING, ARF BINDING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g35398 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g35399 | OVOCHYMASE-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g354 | FRIZZLED |
| SQW42HX01_g3540 | SI:CH211-196P9.1-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35400 | ENDO/EXONUCLEASE/PHOSPHATASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g35401 | GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONE RECEPTOR |
| SQW42HX01_g35402 | COMPLEMENT COMPONENT 1, S SUBCOMPONENT-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35403 | COMPLEMENT COMPONENT 1, S SUBCOMPONENT-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35404 | ACROSIN-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35405 | HYDROLASE |
| SQW42HX01_g35406 | GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE 1-DEHYDROGENASE G6PD |
| SQW42HX01_g35407 | DNAJ HOMOLOG SUBFAMILY C MEMBER 25 |
| SQW42HX01_g35408 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE |
| SQW42HX01_g35409 | LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g3541 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35410 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35411 | SLIT RELATED LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT NEURONAL PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g35412 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35413 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35414 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35415 | TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35416 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| SQW42HX01_g35417 | SNRNP CORE PROTEIN FAMILY MEMBER |
| SQW42HX01_g35418 | SERYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE |
| SQW42HX01_g35419 | TFIIH, POLYPEPTIDE 4 |
| SQW42HX01_g3542 | IP13529P |
| SQW42HX01_g35420 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE PPP1R11-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35421 | FI04643P-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35422 | FI04643P-RELATED |
