
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.
| 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 | Gene Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASM4129641v1 | 522Mb | Chromosome | 2024 | JALNPV01 | Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences | PRJNA817838 | 94.70% | 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 |
|---|---|
| gene15247.t1 | |
| gene15248.t1 | DC12-RELATED |
| gene15249.t1 | CILIA- AND FLAGELLA-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 77 |
| gene15250.t1 | NUCLEOTIDE KINASE |
| gene15251.t1 | NEGATIVE ELONGATION FACTOR E |
| gene15252.t1 | B-CELL LYMPHOMA/LEUKEMIA 10 |
| gene15253.t1 | AP COMPLEX SUBUNIT MU |
| gene15254.t1 | |
| gene15255.t1 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE CCNB1IP1 |
| gene15256.t1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| gene15257.t1 | |
| gene15258.t1 | RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L5-RELATED |
| gene15259.t1 | DED DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| gene15260.t1 | NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| gene15261.t1 | GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE |
| gene15262.t1 | CALCIUM BINDING PROTEINS |
| gene15263.t1 | LIM/HOMEOBOX PROTEIN LHX |
| gene15263.t2 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| gene15263.t3 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| gene15264.t1 | UBIQUITIN CARBOXYL-TERMINAL HYDROLASE |
| gene15265.t1 | |
| gene15266.t1 | OLFACTORY RECEPTOR AND ADENOSINE RECEPTOR |
| gene15267.t1 | CRUMBS FAMILY MEMBER |
| gene15268.t1 | NOTCH LIGAND FAMILY MEMBER |
| gene15268.t2 | CRUMBS FAMILY MEMBER |
| gene15269.t1 | CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE POLYPEPTIDE VIC-2 |
| gene15269.t2 | CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE POLYPEPTIDE VIC-2 |
| gene15269.t3 | NOTCH LIGAND FAMILY MEMBER |
| gene15270.t1 | PENTRAXIN |
| gene15271.t1 | ENDO/EXONUCLEASE/PHOSPHATASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| gene15272.t1 | DYNAMIN |
| gene15273.t1 | |
| gene15274.t1 | HMG DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 3 |
| gene15275.t1 | OLFACTORY RECEPTOR AND ADENOSINE RECEPTOR |
| gene15276.t1 | OLFACTORY RECEPTOR AND ADENOSINE RECEPTOR |
| gene15277.t1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| gene15278.t1 | LD33804P |
| gene15279.t1 | PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE ZDHHC16 |
| gene15280.t1 | FI14130P |
| gene15281.t1 | TFIIH, POLYPEPTIDE 4 |
| gene15282.t1 | ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTER SUBFAMILY A ABCA |
| gene15283.t1 | VALYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES |
| gene15284.t1 | VALYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES |
| gene15285.t1 | MICROSOMAL PROSTAGLANDIN E SYNTHASE-2 |
| gene15286.t1 | DED DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| gene15287.t1 | |
| gene15288.t1 | PROTEIN CBG26694 |
| gene15289.t1 | |
| gene15290.t1 | MIXED LINEAGE PROTEIN KINASE |
| gene15291.t1 | GLYCYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE/DNA POLYMERASE SUBUNIT GAMMA-2 |