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_g36233 | HISTAMINE RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| SQW42HX01_g36234 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 142 |
| SQW42HX01_g36235 | METALLOPROTEASE TLDD |
| SQW42HX01_g36236 | XYLOSIDE XYLOSYLTRANSFERASE 1 |
| SQW42HX01_g36237 | MIGRATION AND INVASION-INHIBITORY PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g36238 | |
| SQW42HX01_g36239 | EPH RECEPTOR A5 |
| SQW42HX01_g3624 | MALE FERTILITY FACTOR KL5 |
| SQW42HX01_g36240 | |
| SQW42HX01_g36241 | |
| SQW42HX01_g36242 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL KINASE |
| SQW42HX01_g36243 | LEUCINE-, GLUTAMATE- AND LYSINE-RICH PROTEIN 1 |
| SQW42HX01_g36244 | SHC (SRC HOMOLOGY DOMAIN C-TERMINAL) ADAPTOR HOMOLOG |
| SQW42HX01_g36245 | LATROPHILIN RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN A |
| SQW42HX01_g36246 | LEUCOKININ RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g36247 | |
| SQW42HX01_g36248 | ENOLASE |
| SQW42HX01_g36249 | PROTEIN RER1 |
| SQW42HX01_g3625 | DYNEIN HEAVY CHAIN 1, AXONEMAL-LIKE PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g36250 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| SQW42HX01_g36251 | TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE |
| SQW42HX01_g36252 | METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| SQW42HX01_g36253 | RNA POLYMERASE II TRANSCRIPTIONAL COACTIVATOR |
| SQW42HX01_g36254 | METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| SQW42HX01_g36255 | |
| SQW42HX01_g36256 | FATTY ACID SYNTHASE |
| SQW42HX01_g36257 | SPERM ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 7 |
| SQW42HX01_g36258 | DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II |
| SQW42HX01_g36259 | INNER MEMBRANE TRANSPORTER YGJI-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g3626 | CYTOCHROME P450 508A4-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g36260 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE |
| SQW42HX01_g36261 | |
| SQW42HX01_g36262 | INNER MEMBRANE TRANSPORTER YGJI-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g36263 | SRC-ASSOCIATED ADAPTOR PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g36264 | |
| SQW42HX01_g36265 | |
| SQW42HX01_g36266 | RHO GTPASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN 18,19-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g36267 | |
| SQW42HX01_g36268 | |
| SQW42HX01_g36269 | TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR S-II ZINC FINGER DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g3627 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE |
| SQW42HX01_g36270 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE TAO |
| SQW42HX01_g36271 | ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE |
| SQW42HX01_g36272 | MATERNAL EFFECT PROTEIN STAUFEN |
| SQW42HX01_g36273 | EPITHELIAL CELL-TRANSFORMING SEQUENCE 2 ONCOGENE-LIKE |
| SQW42HX01_g36274 | |
| SQW42HX01_g36275 | |
| SQW42HX01_g36276 | SYNDECAN |
| SQW42HX01_g36277 | |
| SQW42HX01_g36278 |
