ERGA-BGE reference genome of Holothuria (Platyperona) sanctori: a sea cucumber from the Mediterranean Sea
<i>Holothuria sanctori</i> is a common species of sea cucumber found in the Mediterranean Sea and the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. It typically inhabits shallow rocky and sandy seabeds, where it plays a key ecological role as a sediment engineer processing organic matter ts and thereby contributing to nutrient cycling. As an edible species, <i>H. sanctori</i> is harvested in several countries. Although it is currently listed as a species of "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List, the absence of a regulatory framework to prevent overexploitation poses a risk of population decline. Given its ecological significance and economic value <i>, H. sanctori</i> has become a focal point in both marine conservation and aquaculture research. The entirety of the genome sequence was assembled into 23 contiguous chromosomal pseudomolecules. This chromosome-level assembly encompasses 1.2 Gb, composed of 135 contigs and 46 scaffolds, with contig and scaffold N50 values of 19.9 Mb and 50.7 Mb, respectively.
Authors
- Emmanouela Vernadou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0779-4695)
- Patrick Wincker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7562-3454)
- Karine Labadie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7467-8509)
- Tereza Manousaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7518-0542)
- Chiara Bortoluzzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6589-6635)
- Thanos Dailianis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4102-9331)
- Astrid Böhne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1284-3115)
- Corinne Cruaud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4752-7278)
- Grigorios Skouradakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8482-460X)
- Danae Karakasi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5397-8876)
- Jean‐Marc Aury (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1718-3010)
- Katerina Vasileiadou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5057-6417)
- Rosa Fernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4719-6640)
- Pedro H. Oliveira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3161-8367)
- Alice Moussy
- Nuria Escudero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6935-1528)
- Rita Monteiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1374-4474)
- Lola Demirdjian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9164-3311)
- Adama Ndar
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Research Europe
- Published
- 2025-09-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.20841.1
- Primary Topic
- Echinoderm biology and ecology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00