The giant deep-sea caudofoveate Chaetoderma shenloong is a species in the family Chaetodermatidae. They are discovered in the Haima methane seep at around 1,385 meters. The species name 'shenloong' means 'divine dragon' in Mandarin Chinese, alluding the body form and sclerites of caudofoveates to Chinese dragons ('loongs'). This is also a reference to the Chinese saying 'You shall never see the head and tail of Shén Loong at the same time' used to refer to something highly elusive, like C. shenloong hidden deep inside black mud. Furthermore, this name takes inspiration from the dragon character Shenron ( = also Shenlong or Shenloong) in the Japanese manga series Dragon Ball by the artist Akira Toriyama (1955-2024).
Species | Phylum | Common Name | Ecosystem | Depth | Habitat | NCBI Taxonomy ID |
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Chaetoderma shenloong | Mollusca | Chaetoderma sp. LZ-2023a | Cold seep | >1,120 | Site F methane seep (also known as Formosa Ridge) in the South China Sea | 3077178 |
Genome Assembly | Genome Size | Assembly level | Released year | WGS accession | Submitter | BioProject | BUSCO completeness | Gene Number |
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ASM3440179v1 | 2.4Gb | Chromosome | 2024 | JAVVLW01 | Institute of oceanology, Chinese academic of sciences | PRJNA1009791 | 89.52% | 23,675 |
Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
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A chromosome-level genome assembly of a deep-sea symbiotic Aplacophora mollusc Chaetoderma sp | Scientific Data | 38272948 |
Gene ID | Description |
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WZF232200 | GERANYLGERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE |
WZF232210 | |
WZF232220 | TRANSLATION ELONGATION FACTOR-RELATED |
WZF232230 | CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE SUBUNIT 1 |
WZF232240 | GLUTAMATE--TRNA LIGASE |
WZF232250 | DNA TOPOISOMERASE, TYPE IA, CORE |
WZF232260 | RESPIRATORY NITRATE REDUCTASE |
WZF232270 | |
WZF232280 | MEMBRANE-BOUND LYTIC MUREIN TRANSGLYCOSYLASE F |
WZF232290 | MEMBRANE-BOUND LYTIC MUREIN TRANSGLYCOSYLASE F |
WZF232300 | MEMBRANE-BOUND LYTIC MUREIN TRANSGLYCOSYLASE F |
WZF232310 | AMINO ACID IMPORT ATP-BINDING PROTEIN |
WZF232320 | CHROMOSOME TRANSMISSION FIDELITY FACTOR 18 |
WZF232330 | PHOSPHO-2-DEHYDRO-3-DEOXYHEPTONATE ALDOLASE 1, 2 |
WZF232340 | ENERGY-DEPENDENT TRANSLATIONAL THROTTLE PROTEIN ETTA |
WZF232350 | ASPARTATEAMMONIA/ARGININOSUCCINATE/ADENYLOSUCCINATE LYASE |
WZF232360 | NADP-SPECIFIC ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE |
WZF232370 | GMP SYNTHASE-RELATED |
WZF232380 | 50S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L9 |
WZF232390 | PEROXIREDOXIN |
WZF232400 | HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70KDA |
WZF232410 | LD18447P |
WZF232420 | ASPARTATE KINASE |
WZF232430 | FOLATE SYNTHESIS PROTEINS |
WZF232440 | L-THREONINE 3-DEHYDROGENASE |
WZF232450 | CLASS II AMINOTRANSFERASE/8-AMINO-7-OXONONANOATE SYNTHASE |
WZF232460 | PERIPLASMIC BINDING COMPONENT OF ABC TRANSPORTER |
WZF232470 | OLIGOPEPTIDE TRANSPORT ATP-BINDING PROTEIN APPD |
WZF232480 | SOLEUCYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE |
WZF232490 | |
WZF232500 | DELTA-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID DEHYDRATASE |
WZF232510 | NADP-DEPENDENT MALIC ENZYME |
WZF232520 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE RHLE-RELATED |
WZF232530 | RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S9 |
WZF232540 | TRANS-SULFURATION ENZYME FAMILY MEMBER |
WZF232550 | DNA GYRASE/TOPOISOMERASE SUBUNIT A |
WZF232560 | SERYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE |
WZF232570 | MITOCHONDRIAL RIBOSOME PROTEIN L39/PROLYL-TRNA LIGASE FAMILY MEMBER |
WZF232580 | MITOCHONDRIAL RIBOSOME PROTEIN L39/PROLYL-TRNA LIGASE FAMILY MEMBER |
WZF232590 | DIHYDROOROTASE |
WZF232600 | GLUCOSAMINE--FRUCTOSE-6-PHOSPHATE AMINOTRANSFERASE, ISOMERIZING |
WZF232610 | NUCLEOTIDYL TRANSFERASE |
WZF232620 | REPLICATION FACTOR C / DNA POLYMERASE III GAMMA-TAU SUBUNIT |
WZF232630 | ADENYLOSUCCINATE SYNTHETASE |
WZF232640 | ENOYL-[ACYL-CARRIER-PROTEIN] REDUCTASE |
WZF232650 | PHOSPHORIBOSYLFORMYLGLYCINAMIDINE SYNTHASE |
WZF232660 | TRYPTOPHAN--TRNA LIGASE, MITOCHONDRIAL |
WZF232670 | ACONITASE/IRON-RESPONSIVE ELEMENT FAMILY MEMBER |
WZF232680 | SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE 2 FLAVOPROTEIN SUBUNIT |
WZF232690 | SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE IRON-SULFUR PROTEIN |