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_g35964 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE |
| SQW42HX01_g35965 | PROTEIN/NUCLEIC ACID DEGLYCASE DJ-1-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35966 | FORKHEAD-ASSOCIATED DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35967 | - |
| SQW42HX01_g35968 | FORKHEAD-ASSOCIATED DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35969 | |
| SQW42HX01_g3597 | TRANSPOSON |
| SQW42HX01_g35970 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35971 | |
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| SQW42HX01_g35974 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35975 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35976 | ANNEXIN |
| SQW42HX01_g35977 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35978 | ENDO/EXONUCLEASE/PHOSPHATASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g35979 | DICKKOPF3-LIKE 3 |
| SQW42HX01_g3598 | FINGER PUTATIVE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FAMILY-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35980 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35981 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35982 | CXC DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35983 | SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN B AND N |
| SQW42HX01_g35984 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35985 | HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1 ALPHA INHIBITOR-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g35986 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| SQW42HX01_g35987 | GLYCERALDEHYDE 3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE |
| SQW42HX01_g35988 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35989 | HAT FAMILY DIMERISATION DOMAINCONTAINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g3599 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35990 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| SQW42HX01_g35991 | WD40 REPEAT PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g35992 | RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT A C-TERMINAL DOMAIN PHOSPHATASE |
| SQW42HX01_g35993 | CHROMOSOME 19 C19ORF81 HOMOLOG |
| SQW42HX01_g35994 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35995 | |
| SQW42HX01_g35996 | NEGATIVE ELONGATION FACTOR E |
| SQW42HX01_g35997 | HERMANSKY-PUDLAK SYNDROME 3 PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g35998 | MICROSOMAL SIGNAL PEPTIDASE 12 KDA SUBUNIT |
| SQW42HX01_g35999 | GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE 8 DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g36 | CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE POLYPEPTIDE VIC-2 |
| SQW42HX01_g360 | |
| SQW42HX01_g3600 | SI:CH211-196P9.1-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g36000 | ENDONUCLEASE-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g36001 | MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS 1A/1B LIGHT CHAIN 3-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g36002 | 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE RECEPTOR |
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