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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WZF232700 | |
WZF232710 | DNA GYRASE/TOPOISOMERASE SUBUNIT B |
WZF232720 | PYRIDOXINE-5-PHOSPHATE OXIDASE |
WZF232730 | SPORULATION PROTEIN RELATED |
WZF232740 | PEPTIDYL-PROLYL CIS-TRANS ISOMERASE-RELATED |
WZF232750 | NADH-QUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE SUBUNIT F |
WZF232760 | RESPIRATORY NITRATE REDUCTASE |
WZF232770 | |
WZF232780 | |
WZF232790 | PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE DIKINASE-RELATED |
WZF232800 | PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE |
WZF232810 | RIBOSE-PHOSPHATE DIPHOSPHOKINASE FAMILY MEMBER |
WZF232820 | OBG GTPASE FAMILY |
WZF232830 | THREONINE-TRNA LIGASE |
WZF232840 | PHOSPHOMETHYLPYRIMIDINE KINASE |
WZF232850 | 4-AMINO-5-HYDROXYMETHYL-2-METHYLPYRIMIDINE PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE THI11-RELATED |
WZF232860 | TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION FACTOR RHO |
WZF232870 | GEO12009P1 |
WZF232880 | TRNA MODIFICATION GTPASE GTPBP3 |
WZF232890 | NA(+)-TRANSLOCATING NADH-QUINONE REDUCTASE SUBUNIT A |
WZF232900 | |
WZF232910 | DELTA-1-PYRROLINE-5-CARBOXYLATE DEHYDROGENASE 1, ISOFORM A-RELATED |
WZF232920 | CCA TRNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE 1, MITOCHONDRIAL |
WZF232930 | ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE |
WZF232940 | DNA POLYMERASE I |
WZF232950 | RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA FACTOR RPO |
WZF232960 | PERIPLASMIC BINDING COMPONENT OF ABC TRANSPORTER |
WZF232970 | DNA MISMATCH REPAIR PROTEIN MUTS FAMILY MEMBER |
WZF232980 | HIGH-AFFINITY CHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEIN-RELATED |
WZF232990 | ATP SYNTHASE SUBUNIT ALPHA, MITOCHONDRIAL |
WZF233000 | ATP SYNTHASE |
WZF233010 | AROM/DEHYDROQUINATE SYNTHASE |
WZF233020 | 30S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S1 |
WZF233030 | POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE-RELATED |
WZF233040 | MAGNESIUM-CHELATASE SUBUNIT CHLH, CHLOROPLASTIC |
WZF233050 | TRANSKETOLASE |
WZF233060 | GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE 2 |
WZF233070 | IRON-SULFUR PROTEIN NUBPL |
WZF233080 | AMINOMETHYLTRANSFERASE |
WZF233090 | GLYCINE CLEAVAGE SYSTEM H PROTEIN |
WZF233100 | GLYCINE DEHYDROGENASE, DECARBOXYLATING |
WZF233110 | PERIPLASMIC BINDING COMPONENT OF ABC TRANSPORTER |
WZF233120 | MALATE AND LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE |
WZF233130 | 2-OXOGLUTARATE DEHYDROGENASE |
WZF233140 | SERINE PROTEASE FAMILY S1C HTRA-RELATED |
WZF233150 | TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR IF-2-RELATED |
WZF233160 | POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE |
WZF233170 | DNA GYRASE/TOPOISOMERASE SUBUNIT A |
WZF233180 | 30S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S2 PROKARYOTIC AND ORGANELLAR |
WZF233190 | SORTING AND ASSEMBLY MACHINERY SAMM50 PROTEIN FAMILY MEMBER |