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_g13823 | PERSULFIDE DIOXYGENASE ETHE1 |
| SQW42HX01_g13824 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13825 | INTER-ALPHA-TRYPSIN INHIBITOR HEAVY CHAIN FAMILY MEMBER |
| SQW42HX01_g13826 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 4 GAMMA |
| SQW42HX01_g13827 | - |
| SQW42HX01_g13828 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13829 | PARANEOPLASTIC ANTIGEN |
| SQW42HX01_g1383 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13830 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13831 | NOTCH LIGAND FAMILY MEMBER |
| SQW42HX01_g13832 | NOTCH LIGAND FAMILY MEMBER |
| SQW42HX01_g13833 | ADHESION G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| SQW42HX01_g13834 | ADHESION G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR G7 |
| SQW42HX01_g13835 | ENDO/EXONUCLEASE/PHOSPHATASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g13836 | ADHESION G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| SQW42HX01_g13837 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13838 | LIG_CHAN-GLU_BD DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g13839 | |
| SQW42HX01_g1384 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 136 |
| SQW42HX01_g13840 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13841 | PROTEIN CBG23806 |
| SQW42HX01_g13842 | COMM DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 4-8 FAMILY MEMBER |
| SQW42HX01_g13843 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13844 | INTER-ALPHA-TRYPSIN INHIBITOR HEAVY CHAIN FAMILY MEMBER |
| SQW42HX01_g13845 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13846 | INTER-ALPHA-TRYPSIN INHIBITOR HEAVY CHAIN FAMILY MEMBER |
| SQW42HX01_g13847 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13848 | ZINC KNUCKLE DOMAINCONTAINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g13849 | |
| SQW42HX01_g1385 | CXC DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g13850 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13851 | ENDONUCLEASE |
| SQW42HX01_g13852 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13853 | PHD-TYPE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g13854 | VITELLOGENIN RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g13855 | ENDONUCLEASE |
| SQW42HX01_g13856 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13857 | TRANSPOSON |
| SQW42HX01_g13858 | PROTEIN ARGININE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| SQW42HX01_g13859 | |
| SQW42HX01_g1386 | MITOCHONDRIAL IMPORT RECEPTOR SUBUNIT TOM70 |
| SQW42HX01_g13860 | CCHC-TYPE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g13861 | LIN37 HOMOLOG |
| SQW42HX01_g13862 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE TNNI3K-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g13863 | MITOCHONDRIAL INNER MEMBRANE PROTEASE SUBUNIT 2 |
| SQW42HX01_g13864 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g13865 | BEN DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 6 |
| SQW42HX01_g13866 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| SQW42HX01_g13867 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13868 |
