About Entacmaea quadricolor

Entacmaea quadricolor, the bubble-tip anemone (family Actiniidae), is one of the most widely kept sea anemones in the marine aquarium hobby, valued for its distinctive bubble-shaped tentacle tips and its role as host to at least 13 clownfish species (Amphiprioninae) across the Indo-Pacific. It is found in shallow reef environments occurring in both solitary and clonal aggregating forms depending on light and current conditions. The species harbors Symbiodiniaceae photosymbionts and tolerates a wide range of lighting conditions. 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
HexacoralliaEntacmaea quadricolor6118ScaffoldGCA_024752375.1ASM2475237v1408.49-IRIDIAN GENOMESPRJNA523932

 Genome Assembly Information
Chromosome NumberScaffold NumberContig NumberProtein NumberProtein-Coding Gene NumberContig N50Scaffold N50GC content (%)BUSCO completeness
-24958625754020,45420,454231824813695.60%

 References
TitleJournalPubmed ID
The First De Novo HiFi Genome Assemblies for Three Clownfish-hosting Sea Anemone Species (Anthozoa: Actiniaria)Genome Biology and Evolution40198578
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