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_g3578 | - |
| Chiridota_g3579 | - |
| Chiridota_g358 | JITTERBUG, ISOFORM N |
| Chiridota_g3580 | - |
| Chiridota_g3581 | - |
| Chiridota_g3582 | - |
| Chiridota_g3583 | - |
| Chiridota_g3584 | - |
| Chiridota_g3585 | GLUCOSAMINE 6-PHOSPHATE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE |
| Chiridota_g3586 | YLP MOTIF CONTAINING PROTEIN NUCLEAR PROTEIN ZAP |
| Chiridota_g3587 | H2.0-LIKE HOMEOBOX PROTEIN |
| Chiridota_g3588 | - |
| Chiridota_g3589 | DYNACTIN 1-RELATED MICROTUBULE-BINDING |
| Chiridota_g359 | - |
| Chiridota_g3590 | - |
| Chiridota_g3591 | - |
| Chiridota_g3592 | - |
| Chiridota_g3593 | PROTEIN ARGININE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| Chiridota_g3594 | MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED GUANYLATE KINASE MAGUK |
| Chiridota_g3595 | WD REPEAT PROTEIN |
