About Agaricia lamarcki

Agaricia lamarcki is a plating scleractinian coral (family Agariciidae) endemic to the Caribbean Sea, forming broad, horizontal plates in deeper reef zones and representing one of the most depth-tolerant Caribbean corals, dominant in mesophotic ecosystems from 20 to over 70 m depth. Unlike shallower congeners, it is adapted to low-light conditions and may maintain higher symbiont density to maximize photosynthetic efficiency. It is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN. Genomic data have been generated for this species and are available in public databases, enabling comparative studies of cnidarian evolution and ecology.

 Basic Information
ClassSpeciesNCBI Taxonomy IDAssembly LevelGenBank AssemblyAssembly NameGenome Size (Mb)WGS AccessionSubmitterBioProject
HexacoralliaAgaricia lamarcki262284ScaffoldGCA_977015295.1jaAgaLama2.1479.63CDRNNQ01WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTEPRJEB101767

 Genome Assembly Information
Chromosome NumberScaffold NumberContig NumberProtein NumberProtein-Coding Gene NumberContig N50Scaffold N50GC content (%)BUSCO completeness
-516815368--9420054820039C:94.4%[S:93.4%,D:1.0%],F:4.7%,M:0.8%
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