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_g13959 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 25 (MITOCHONDRIAL CARRIER PHOSPHATE CARRIER), MEMBER 3, LIKE-RELATED-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g1396 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13960 | DOLICHYL-PHOSPHATE-MANNOSE--PROTEIN MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE |
| SQW42HX01_g13961 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13962 | ARGININE OR CREATINE KINASE |
| SQW42HX01_g13963 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13964 | BETA-1,3-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| SQW42HX01_g13965 | FIBRINOGEN/TENASCIN/ANGIOPOEITIN |
| SQW42HX01_g13966 | SERINE-THREONINE PROTEIN KINASE |
| SQW42HX01_g13967 | SULFATASE MODIFYING FACTOR 1, 2 |
| SQW42HX01_g13968 | MIR DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g13969 | |
| SQW42HX01_g1397 | LITHOSTATHINE |
| SQW42HX01_g13970 | SARCOSPAN |
| SQW42HX01_g13971 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13972 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13973 | DNA REPAIR PROTEIN XP-C / RAD4 |
| SQW42HX01_g13974 | MIP04163P |
| SQW42HX01_g13975 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13976 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13977 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13978 | ANKYRIN REPEAT, SAM AND BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| SQW42HX01_g13979 | COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 115 |
| SQW42HX01_g1398 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13980 | CORTACTIN AND DREBRIN |
| SQW42HX01_g13981 | KDEL LYS-ASP-GLU-LEU CONTAINING - RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g13982 | SORTILIN RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g13983 | MITOCHONDRIAL RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S33 |
| SQW42HX01_g13984 | MUTT/NUDIX HYDROLASE |
| SQW42HX01_g13985 | PROTEIN SSUH2 HOMOLOG |
| SQW42HX01_g13986 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR FAMILY 1 MEMBER |
| SQW42HX01_g13987 | SLIT RELATED LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT NEURONAL PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g13988 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13989 | |
| SQW42HX01_g1399 | MANNOSE, PHOSPHOLIPASE, LECTIN RECEPTOR RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g13990 | PROLINE-RICH TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 4-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g13991 | PHOSPHOLIPASE A-2-ACTIVATING PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g13992 | RAS, DI-RAS, AND RHEB FAMILY MEMBERS OF SMALL GTPASE SUPERFAMILY |
| SQW42HX01_g13993 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13994 | PLEXIN |
| SQW42HX01_g13995 | PLEXIN |
| SQW42HX01_g13996 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN KINASE RECEPTOR |
| SQW42HX01_g13997 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13998 | |
| SQW42HX01_g13999 | NETRIN RECEPTOR UNC5 |
| SQW42HX01_g14 | |
| SQW42HX01_g140 | |
| SQW42HX01_g1400 | LITHOSTATHINE |
| SQW42HX01_g14000 | |
| SQW42HX01_g14001 |
