The sea star Zoroaster sp. YZ-2022 is a species in the family Zoroasteridae, occurring exclusively in the deep sea. They have five long, skinny arms and very small central discs, giving them a very distinctive appearance. The observed one is frequently pale yellow or white in coloration, sometimes with spiny projections on the aboral surface.
Animalia Kingdom; Echinodermata (Phylum); Asteroidea (Class); Forcipulatida (Order); Zoroasteridae (Family); Zoroaster (Genus); Zoroaster sp. YZ-2022 (Species)
Zoroaster sp. YZ-2022
| Species | Phylum | Common Name | Ecosystem | Depth | Habitat | NCBI Taxonomy ID |
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| Zoroaster sp. YZ-2022 | Echinodermata | deep-sea Asteroidea, deep-sea starfish | Cold seep/Hydrothermal vent | 1,750 | orthern South China Sea (111.033E, 17.597 N) | 2989510 |
| Genome Assembly | Genome Size | Assembly level | Released year | WGS accession | Submitter | BioProject | BUSCO completeness (%) | Scaffold/Contig N50 (kb) | GC content (%) | Repeat Rate (%) | Gene Number |
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| SQW42HX01_v1 | 1Gb | Chromosome | 2023 | JAQQFT01 | Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering,Chinese Academy of Sciences | PRJNA891479 | 95.91 | 40,400/376.2 | 38 | 63.9 | 39,426 |
| Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
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| A chromosome-level genome assembly of a deep-sea starfish (Zoroaster cf. ophiactis) | Scientific Data | 37528102 |
| Gene ID | Description |
|---|
| SQW42HX01_g34424 | COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 192 |
| SQW42HX01_g34425 | F-BOX ONLY PROTEIN 22 |
| SQW42HX01_g34426 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 12, CATION COTRANSPORTERS |
| SQW42HX01_g34427 | UPF0449 PROTEIN C19ORF25 |
| SQW42HX01_g34428 | AT-RICH INTERACTIVE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN ARID DOMAIN- CONTAINING PROTEIN DEAD RINGER PROTEIN B-CELL REGULATOR OF IGH TRANSCRIPTION BRIGHT |
| SQW42HX01_g34429 | TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CATION CHANNEL, SUBFAMILY M, MEMBER 6 |
| SQW42HX01_g3443 | TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT TC3 TRANSPOSASE-LIKE PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g34430 | TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CATION CHANNEL, SUBFAMILY M, MEMBER 6 |
| SQW42HX01_g34431 | TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CATION CHANNEL, SUBFAMILY M, MEMBER 6 |
| SQW42HX01_g34432 | TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CATION CHANNEL, SUBFAMILY M, MEMBER 6 |
| SQW42HX01_g34433 | TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CATION CHANNEL, SUBFAMILY M, MEMBER 6 |
| SQW42HX01_g34434 | LEUCOKININ RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34435 | - |
| SQW42HX01_g34436 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| SQW42HX01_g34437 | - |
| SQW42HX01_g34438 | AQUAPORIN OR AQUAGLYCEROPORIN RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g34439 | LUNG ADENOMA SUSCEPTIBILITY PROTEIN 2 |
| SQW42HX01_g3444 | - |
| SQW42HX01_g34440 | IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| SQW42HX01_g34441 | IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |