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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WZF233200 | CTP SYNTHASE |
WZF233210 | ENOLASE |
WZF233220 | TRANSAMIDASE |
WZF233230 | THREONINE SYNTHASE FAMILY MEMBER |
WZF233240 | ACETYL-COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE CARBOXYL TRANSFERASE SUBUNIT ALPHA |
WZF233250 | TRANSAMINASE |
WZF233260 | DIAMINOPIMELATE EPIMERASE, CHLOROPLASTIC |
WZF233270 | SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE RECEPTOR SUBUNIT ALPHA |
WZF233280 | UVRD / RECB / PCRA DNA HELICASE FAMILY MEMBER |
WZF233290 | CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE FAMILY MEMBER |
WZF233300 | TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR GREA |
WZF233310 | SARCOSINE DEHYDROGENASE-RELATED |
WZF233320 | AMINOMETHYLTRANSFERASE |
WZF233330 | C-1-TETRAHYDROFOLATE SYNTHASE, CYTOPLASMIC-RELATED |
WZF233340 | |
WZF233350 | SULFUR ACCEPTOR PROTEIN CSDE |
WZF233360 | THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE 1 |
WZF233370 | ALANYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE |
WZF233380 | ARCHAETIDYLSERINE DECARBOXYLASE PROENZYME-RELATED |
WZF233390 | GTPASE DER |
WZF233400 | 3-OXOACYL-(ACYL-CARRIER-PROTEIN) REDUCTASE |
WZF233410 | LEUCINE AMINOPEPTIDASE-RELATED |
WZF233420 | ASPARTYL/LYSYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE |
WZF233430 | PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE E1 COMPONENT, ALPHA SUBUNIT BACTERIAL AND ORGANELLAR |
WZF233440 | DEHYDROGENASE RELATED |
WZF233450 | DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE ACETYL/SUCCINYL-TRANSFERASE-RELATED |
WZF233460 | LIPOYL SYNTHASE |
WZF233470 | TRNA-DIHYDROURIDINE(47) SYNTHASE [NAD(P)(+)]-LIKE |
WZF233480 | 60 KDA HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN, MITOCHONDRIAL |
WZF233490 | DEOXYNUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE TRIPHOSPHOHYDROLASE |
WZF233500 | ATP-DEPENDENT CLP PROTEASE PROTEOLYTIC SUBUNIT |
WZF233510 | ATP-DEPENDENT CLP PROTEASE ATP-BINDING SUBUNIT CLPX-LIKE, MITOCHONDRIAL-RELATED |
WZF233520 | ATP DEPENDENT LON PROTEASE FAMILY MEMBER |
WZF233530 | DNA-BINDING PROTEIN HU |
WZF233540 | 30S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S12 FAMILY MEMBER |
WZF233550 | TRANSLATION ELONGATION FACTOR G-RELATED |
WZF233560 | ELONGATION FACTOR TU-RELATED |
WZF233570 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L11-RELATED |
WZF233580 | 30S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S14 |
WZF233590 | 60S/50S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L6/L9 |
WZF233600 | MITOCHONDRIAL RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S5 |
WZF233610 | SECY/SEC61-ALPHA FAMILY MEMBER |
WZF233620 | 30S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S13/40S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S18 |
WZF233630 | 40S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S14/30S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S11 |
WZF233640 | FLUORIDE EXPORT PROTEIN 1-RELATED |
WZF233650 | METHYLTRANSFERASE |
WZF233660 | UVRABC SYSTEM PROTEIN B |
WZF233670 | THREONINE DEHYDRATASE, MITOCHONDRIAL-RELATED |
WZF233680 | ELECTRON TRANSFER FLAVOPROTEIN-UBIQUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE |
WZF233690 | ELONGATION FACTOR TU-RELATED |