Sphaeromyxa zaharoni is a myxozoan parasite (family Sphaeromyxidae) infecting the gallbladder of marine fish in the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent Atlantic, producing characteristic elongated, fusiform spores with two polar capsules. Myxozoans are obligate endoparasites phylogenetically allied with Cnidaria, and Sphaeromyxa represents an early-diverging lineage important for reconstructing myxozoan phylogeny. Its Mediterranean distribution and fish host specificity make it relevant to marine aquaculture health research in that region. Genomic data have been generated for this species and are available in public databases, enabling comparative studies of cnidarian evolution and ecology.
| Class | Species | NCBI Taxonomy ID | Assembly Level | GenBank Assembly | Assembly Name | Genome Size (Mb) | WGS Accession | Submitter | BioProject |
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| Myxozoa | Sphaeromyxa zaharoni | 275449 | Scaffold | GCA_001455285.1 | ASM145528v1 | 165.54 | LDMZ01 | Tel-Aviv University | PRJNA284326 |
| Chromosome Number | Scaffold Number | Contig Number | Protein Number | Protein-Coding Gene Number | Contig N50 | Scaffold N50 | GC content (%) | BUSCO completeness |
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| - | 70914 | 70935 | - | - | 4474 | 4474 | 28 | C:7.1%[S:2.6%,D:4.4%],F:3.0%,M:89.9% |
| Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
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| Genomic insights into the evolutionary origin of Myxozoa within Cnidaria | PNAS | 26627241 |
