Epizoanthus fatuus is a zoantharian anthozoan (family Epizoanthidae) found encrusting sponges and other invertebrates in tropical and subtropical marine environments, with colonial polyps that incorporate foreign material into their mesogleal tissue. The family Epizoanthidae is notable for producing palytoxin and related compounds that serve as potent deterrents to predation. Understanding the evolution of toxin gene families across zoantharian families is a major focus of zoanthid genomics.
| Class | Species | NCBI Taxonomy ID | Assembly Level | GenBank Assembly | Assembly Name | Genome Size (Mb) | WGS Accession | Submitter | BioProject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hexacorallia | Epizoanthus fatuus | 2840130 | Scaffold | GCA_025434785.2 | ASM2543478v2 | 614.64 | JAOCZQ02 | Iridian Genomes | PRJNA847940 |
| Chromosome Number | Scaffold Number | Contig Number | Protein Number | Protein-Coding Gene Number | Contig N50 | Scaffold N50 | GC content (%) | BUSCO completeness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1267615 | 1268832 | - | - | 608 | 609 | 40 | C:6.4%[S:6.4%,D:0.0%],F:14.2%,M:79.3% |
| Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
|---|---|---|
| The Complete Genome Sequences of 7 Species of Epizoanthus (Epizoanthidae, Zoantharia, Hexacorallia, Cnidaria). | Biodivers Genomes | 36936676 |
