
Chiridota heheva is a species of sea cucumber in the family Chiridotidae. The species is known from deeper regions in the Western Atlantic Ocean, but has a cosmopolitan distribution. It was described by Pawson and Vance in 2004. It occupies all three types of chemosynthetic ecosystems: hydrothermal vents, cold seeps, and organic fall. Unlike many other animals in similar environments, they do not host chemosynthetic bacteria.
Animalia (Kingdom); Echinodermata (Phylum); Echinozoa (Subphylum); Holothuroidea (Class); Paractinopoda (Subclass); Apodida (Order); Chiridotidae (Family); Chiridota (Genus); Chiridota heheva (Species)
Chiridota heheva Pawson & Vance, 2004
1. PAWSON D L, VANCE D J. Chiridota heheva, new species, from Western Atlantic deep-sea cold seeps and anthropogenic habitats (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida)[J]. Zootaxa, 2004, 534(1): 1–13-1–13. (Pawson et al., 2004)
| Species | Phylum | Common Name | Ecosystem | Depth | Habitat | NCBI Taxonomy ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiridota heheva | Echinodermata | deep-sea holothurian | Deep sea | 1,385-3,998 | Haima cold seep in the South China Sea (16° 73.228′ N, 110° 46.143′ E) | 2743191 |
| Genome Assembly | Genome Size | Assembly level | Released year | WGS accession | Submitter | BioProject | BUSCO completeness (%) | Scaffold/Contig N50 (kb) | GC content (%) | Repeat Rate (%) | Gene Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASM2015259v1 | 1.1Gb | Scaffold | 2021 | JAIGNY01 | SYSU | PRJNA752986 | 89.62 | 53,240/1,220 | 37.12 | 70.8 | 36,527 |
| Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
|---|---|---|
| The genome of an apodid holothuroid (Chiridota heheva) provides insights into its adaptation to a deep-sea reducing environment | Communications Biology | 35273345 |
| Gene ID | Description |
|---|---|
| Chiridota_g27981 | - |
| Chiridota_g27982 | - |
| Chiridota_g27983 | - |
| Chiridota_g27984 | NETRIN RECEPTOR UNC5 |
| Chiridota_g27985 | KU AUTOANTIGEN DNA HELICASE |
| Chiridota_g27986 | - |
| Chiridota_g27987 | - |
| Chiridota_g27988 | PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE |
| Chiridota_g27989 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L19 |
| Chiridota_g2799 | - |
| Chiridota_g27990 | CHROMOSOME TRANSMISSION FIDELITY FACTOR 18 |
| Chiridota_g27991 | 3-5 EXONUCLEASE |
| Chiridota_g27992 | ZINC FINGER BED DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 4 |
| Chiridota_g27993 | FTP DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| Chiridota_g27994 | RAS, DI-RAS, AND RHEB FAMILY MEMBERS OF SMALL GTPASE SUPERFAMILY |
| Chiridota_g27995 | - |
| Chiridota_g27996 | PROLYL ENDOPEPTIDASE |
| Chiridota_g27997 | ARYLSULFATASE |
| Chiridota_g27998 | - |
| Chiridota_g27999 | - |