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_g13733 | HAT FAMILY DIMERISATION DOMAINCONTAINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g13734 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13735 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13736 | EXPRESSED PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g13737 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13738 | ZINC KNUCKLE DOMAINCONTAINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g13739 | |
| SQW42HX01_g1374 | AGAP005574-PA |
| SQW42HX01_g13740 | EXPRESSED PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g13741 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASES |
| SQW42HX01_g13742 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13743 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13744 | TRYPSIN-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g13745 | PROTEIN SIDEKICK |
| SQW42HX01_g13746 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13747 | PROTEIN SIDEKICK |
| SQW42HX01_g13748 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L29 |
| SQW42HX01_g13749 | DUAL SPECIFICITY PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE |
| SQW42HX01_g1375 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 136 |
| SQW42HX01_g13750 | WD REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 55 |
| SQW42HX01_g13751 | RIBONUCLEASE P PROTEIN SUBUNIT P14 |
| SQW42HX01_g13752 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13753 | DED DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g13754 | ENDONUCLEASE-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g13755 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13756 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13757 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE |
| SQW42HX01_g13758 | DED DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g13759 | |
| SQW42HX01_g1376 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g13760 | CALCIUM-INDEPENDENT PHOSPHOLIPASE A2-GAMMA |
| SQW42HX01_g13761 | BETA-1,3-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| SQW42HX01_g13762 | WASH COMPLEX SUBUNIT 4 |
| SQW42HX01_g13763 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13764 | LEUCINE DEHYDROGENASE |
| SQW42HX01_g13765 | UBIQUITIN CARBOXYL-TERMINAL HYDROLASE |
| SQW42HX01_g13766 | WD40 REPEAT PROTEIN SWD2 |
| SQW42HX01_g13767 | PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2C |
| SQW42HX01_g13768 | HISTONE DEACETYLASE HDAC1-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g13769 | RIB43A-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g1377 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 136 |
| SQW42HX01_g13770 | BARDET-BIEDL SYNDROME 2 PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g13771 | U3 SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA INTERACTING PROTEIN 2 |
| SQW42HX01_g13772 | CYTOCHROME P450 FAMILY 3 |
| SQW42HX01_g13773 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13774 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13775 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13776 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13777 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13778 |
