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_g35423 | FI04643P-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35424 | FI04487P |
| SQW42HX01_g35425 | OLIGORIBONUCLEASE, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| SQW42HX01_g35426 | LD33695P |
| SQW42HX01_g35427 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35428 | PRE-MRNA SPLICING FACTOR |
| SQW42HX01_g35429 | CAMP-REGULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN 21 RELATED R3H DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g3543 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35430 | ZINC FINGER, ZZ DOMAIN CONTAINING 3 |
| SQW42HX01_g35431 | GERANYLGERANYL TRANSFERASE TYPE BETA SUBUNIT |
| SQW42HX01_g35432 | TNF RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED FACTOR |
| SQW42HX01_g35433 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35434 | EXPRESSED PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g35435 | KH DOMAIN CONTAINING RNA BINDING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g35436 | SCY1-RELATED S/T PROTEIN KINASE-LIKE |
| SQW42HX01_g35437 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35438 | RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L5-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35439 | ENDO/EXONUCLEASE/PHOSPHATASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g3544 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35440 | SARCOMA ANTIGEN NY-SAR-24/CYTOSKELETAL PROTEIN SOJO |
| SQW42HX01_g35441 | XENOTROPIC AND POLYTROPIC RETROVIRUS RECEPTOR 1-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35442 | SMG-7 SUPPRESSOR WITH MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECT ON GENITALIA PROTEIN 7 |
| SQW42HX01_g35443 | NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 5 GROUP A |
| SQW42HX01_g35444 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35445 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35446 | AMINOTRANSFERASE |
| SQW42HX01_g35447 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35448 | PR DOMAIN ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g35449 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN KINASE |
| SQW42HX01_g3545 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35450 | OPSIN |
| SQW42HX01_g35451 | TRANSCRIPTASE, PUTATIVE-RELATED-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35452 | UBIQUITIN CARBOXYL-TERMINAL HYDROLASE |
| SQW42HX01_g35453 | INTEGRASE CATALYTIC DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g35454 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| SQW42HX01_g35455 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| SQW42HX01_g35456 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35457 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35458 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35459 | GABA-B RECEPTOR |
| SQW42HX01_g3546 | TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35460 | RETINOL DEHYDROGENASE |
| SQW42HX01_g35461 | NETRIN/LAMININ-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35462 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35463 | METALLOPROTEASE |
| SQW42HX01_g35464 | NETRIN/LAMININ-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35465 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35466 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE |
| SQW42HX01_g35467 | NETRIN/LAMININ-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35468 | GLYCEROPHOSPHORYL DIESTER PHOSPHODIESTERASE |
