
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 |
|---|---|
| gene15829.t1 | SCHWANNOMIN INTERACTING PROTEIN 1 |
| gene15830.t1 | SODIUM/CALCIUM EXCHANGER |
| gene15831.t1 | SCAVENGER RECEPTOR DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| gene15832.t1 | SODIUM/CALCIUM EXCHANGER |
| gene15833.t1 | SRCR DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| gene15834.t1 | |
| gene15834.t2 | VOLTAGE-GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL |
| gene15835.t1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE DBP3 |
| gene15836.t1 | MULTICOPPER OXIDASE-RELATED |
| gene15837.t1 | MULTICOPPER OXIDASE-RELATED |
| gene15838.t1 | ZINC FINGER AND SCAN DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| gene15839.t1 | |
| gene15840.t1 | DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES I, II, AND III SUBUNIT RPABC3 |
| gene15841.t1 | RIBOSOME BIOGENESIS PROTEIN |
| gene15842.t1 | LEUCOKININ RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| gene15842.t2 | LEUCOKININ RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| gene15843.t1 | LEUCOKININ RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| gene15844.t1 | COILIN |
| gene15845.t1 | MYOTROPHIN |
| gene15846.t1 | |
| gene15847.t1 | ENDO/EXONUCLEASE/PHOSPHATASE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| gene15848.t1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT PROTEIN |
| gene15849.t1 | |
| gene15849.t2 | |
| gene15850.t1 | |
| gene15851.t1 | CAPZ-INTERACTING PROTEIN AND RELATED PROTEINS |
| gene15852.t1 | BASIGIN RELATED |
| gene15852.t2 | TITIN |
| gene15853.t1 | SID1 TRANSMEMBRANE FAMILY MEMEBER |
| gene15854.t1 | F-BOX ONLY PROTEIN 3 |
| gene15855.t1 | DEAD-BOX ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE 50 |
| gene15856.t1 | SPLICING FACTOR 45 SPF45 |
| gene15857.t1 | - |
| gene15858.t1 | KNIRPS-RELATED PROTEIN-RELATED |
| gene15859.t1 | NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| gene15860.t1 | ADHESION G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| gene15861.t1 | BETA-1,3-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| gene15862.t1 | ATP SYNTHASE SUBUNIT |
| gene15863.t1 | RRNA 2-O-METHYLTRANSFERASE FIBRILLARIN |
| gene15864.t1 | TRNA SELENOCYSTEINE 1-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1-RELATED-RELATED |
| gene15865.t1 | STEROL DESATURASE |
| gene15866.t1 | DUAL SPECIFICITY PROTEIN KINASE |
| gene15867.t1 | FAD SYNTHETASE-RELATED FMN ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE |
| gene15868.t1 | DYNEIN HEAVY CHAIN FAMILY PROTEIN |
| gene15869.t1 | GLR0591 PROTEIN |
| gene15870.t1 | GLR0591 PROTEIN |
| gene15871.t1 | GLR0591 PROTEIN |
| gene15872.t1 | ARRESTIN DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN D |
| gene15873.t1 | ARYLSULFATASE |
| gene15874.t1 | MULTICOPPER OXIDASE-RELATED |