Zoanthus sanctaehelenae is a zoantharian (family Zoanthidae) endemic or closely associated with the remote South Atlantic island of Saint Helena, forming encrusting colonial mats on rocky substrates in the shallow subtidal zone. As an island-endemic or near-endemic species, it provides an interesting subject for studies of marine biogeography and isolation-driven diversification in the South Atlantic. Its isolation in the South Atlantic makes it relevant to studies of island endemism in cnidarians. 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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| Hexacorallia | Zoanthus sanctaehelenae | 2923275 | Scaffold | GCA_028564885.2 | ASM2856488v2 | 463.54 | JAOTRI02 | Iridian Genomes | PRJNA847942 |
| Chromosome Number | Scaffold Number | Contig Number | Protein Number | Protein-Coding Gene Number | Contig N50 | Scaffold N50 | GC content (%) | BUSCO completeness |
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| - | 173528 | 174725 | - | - | 5281 | 5343 | 36 | C:19.6%[S:19.4%,D:0.2%],F:30.9%,M:49.5% |
| Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
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| The Complete Genome Sequences of 13 Species of Brachycnemina (Cnidaria, Hexacorallia, Anthozoa, Zoantharia) | Biodiversity Genomes | 36936716 |
