
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 |
|---|---|
| gene11499.t1 | GLUTATHIONE GAMMA-GLUTAMYLCYSTEINYLTRANSFERASE |
| gene11500.t1 | COLLAGEN ALPHA |
| gene11501.t1 | ASPARTYL AMINOPEPTIDASE |
| gene11502.t1 | NGFI-A BINDING PROTEIN |
| gene11503.t1 | MITOCHONDRIAL DICARBOXYLATE CARRIER-RELATED |
| gene11504.t1 | LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE-INDUCED TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA FACTOR |
| gene11505.t1 | LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE-INDUCED TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA FACTOR |
| gene11506.t1 | C2H2-TYPE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| gene11507.t1 | DISKS LARGE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN DAP SAP90/PSD-95-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN |
| gene11508.t1 | SERINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE |
| gene11509.t1 | ADENOSINE/GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATASE |
| gene11510.t1 | NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| gene11511.t1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| gene11512.t1 | FOLLISTATIN-RELATED |
| gene11513.t1 | - |
| gene11514.t1 | ESTERASE OVCA2 |
| gene11515.t1 | ESTERASE OVCA2 |
| gene11516.t1 | PHOSPHOGLYCOLATE PHOSPHATASE |
| gene11517.t1 | - |
| gene11518.t1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 5 |