The Venus flytrap sea anemone Actinoscyphia liui is a species in the genus Actinoscyphia, showing specialization resembling the Venus flytrap plant, with two comparable lobes exhibiting a body shape with bilateral symmetry. They can actively orient their oral discs to the current for foraging, exhibiting feeding behaviour similar to that of flytrap plants. In addition, they can inhabit the nutrient-limited deep ocean in the tropical western Pacific.
Animalia Kingdom; Cnidaria (Phylum); Anthozoa (Class); Actiniaria (Order); Actinoscyphiidae (Family); Actinoscyphia (Genus); Actinoscyphia liui (Species)
Actinoscyphia sp. M1220
Pacific Ocean: Kocebu Guyot, deep-sea mount, 1402.9 m
| Species | Phylum | Common Name | Ecosystem | Depth | Habitat | NCBI Taxonomy ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actinoscyphia liui | Cnidaria | deep-sea Venus flytrap sea anemone, Actinoscyphia sp. M1220 | Seamount | 1,403 | Kocebu Guyot in the Magellan Seamount Chain (153°8.20052′ E; 17°20.64047′ N) | 2928332 |
| Genome Assembly | Genome Size | Assembly level | Released year | WGS accession | Submitter | BioProject | BUSCO completeness (%) | Scaffold/Contig N50 (kb) | GC content (%) | Repeat Rate (%) | Gene Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASM4129641v1 | 522Mb | Chromosome | 2024 | JALNPV01 | Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences | PRJNA817838 | 94.70 | 58,422/3,400 | 38 | 44.06 | 33,126 |
| Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
|---|---|---|
| Chromosome-level genome assembly of a deep-sea Venus flytrap sea anemone sheds light upon adaptations to an extremely oligotrophic environment | Molecular Ecology | 39166453 |
| Gene ID | Description |
|---|---|
| gene18971.t1 | CYSTEINE PROTEASE FAMILY C1-RELATED |
| gene18972.t1 | CYSTATIN |
| gene18973.t1 | CYSTATIN |
| gene18974.t1 | PROTEIN PBDC1 |
| gene18975.t1 | - |
| gene18975.t2 | - |
| gene18976.t1 | NEUROTRANSMITTER GATED ION CHANNEL |
| gene18977.t1 | RAS-LIKE FAMILY MEMBER 11 |
| gene18978.t1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN EMX-RELATED |
| gene18979.t1 | STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE/17,20 LYASE |
| gene18980.t1 | - |
| gene18981.t1 | ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| gene18982.t1 | - |
| gene18983.t1 | - |
| gene18984.t1 | MICROSOMAL GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE 1 |
| gene18985.t1 | SET AND MYND DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 5 |
| gene18986.t1 | ZINC TRANSPORTER SLC39A7 HISTIDINE-RICH MEMBRANE PROTEIN KE4 |
| gene18986.t2 | - |
| gene18987.t1 | TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT PROTEIN 31 |
| gene18988.t1 | EXPORTIN 4,7-RELATED |
