The sea star Zoroaster sp. YZ-2022 is a species in the family Zoroasteridae, occurring exclusively in the deep sea. They have five long, skinny arms and very small central discs, giving them a very distinctive appearance. The observed one is frequently pale yellow or white in coloration, sometimes with spiny projections on the aboral surface.
Animalia Kingdom; Echinodermata (Phylum); Asteroidea (Class); Forcipulatida (Order); Zoroasteridae (Family); Zoroaster (Genus); Zoroaster sp. YZ-2022 (Species)
Zoroaster sp. YZ-2022
| Species | Phylum | Common Name | Ecosystem | Depth | Habitat | NCBI Taxonomy ID |
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| Zoroaster sp. YZ-2022 | Echinodermata | deep-sea Asteroidea, deep-sea starfish | Cold seep/Hydrothermal vent | 1,750 | orthern South China Sea (111.033E, 17.597 N) | 2989510 |
| Genome Assembly | Genome Size | Assembly level | Released year | WGS accession | Submitter | BioProject | BUSCO completeness (%) | Scaffold/Contig N50 (kb) | GC content (%) | Repeat Rate (%) | Gene Number |
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| SQW42HX01_v1 | 1Gb | Chromosome | 2023 | JAQQFT01 | Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering,Chinese Academy of Sciences | PRJNA891479 | 95.91 | 40,400/376.2 | 38 | 63.9 | 39,426 |
| Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
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| A chromosome-level genome assembly of a deep-sea starfish (Zoroaster cf. ophiactis) | Scientific Data | 37528102 |
| Gene ID | Description |
|---|
| SQW42HX01_g27314 | BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX ZIP TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR |
| SQW42HX01_g27315 | CULLIN |
| SQW42HX01_g27316 | SPRY DOMAIN CONTAINING SOCS BOX PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g27317 | MANNOSE, PHOSPHOLIPASE, LECTIN RECEPTOR RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g27318 | MANNOSE, PHOSPHOLIPASE, LECTIN RECEPTOR RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g27319 | MANNOSE, PHOSPHOLIPASE, LECTIN RECEPTOR RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g2732 | - |
| SQW42HX01_g27320 | MANNOSE, PHOSPHOLIPASE, LECTIN RECEPTOR RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g27321 | METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| SQW42HX01_g27322 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 3 SUBUNIT F-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g27323 | CELL DIVISION CYCLE 20 CDC20 FIZZY -RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g27324 | ALKALINE CERAMIDASE 3 |
| SQW42HX01_g27325 | ALKALINE CERAMIDASE 3 |
| SQW42HX01_g27326 | HL07962P-RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g27327 | - |
| SQW42HX01_g27328 | TRANSMEMBRANE 9 SUPERFAMILY PROTEIN |
| SQW42HX01_g27329 | ARGINASE/AGMATINASE |
| SQW42HX01_g2733 | - |
| SQW42HX01_g27330 | UNC-93 RELATED |
| SQW42HX01_g27331 | MANNOSE, PHOSPHOLIPASE, LECTIN RECEPTOR RELATED |