The chromosomal genome sequence of the bread-crumb sponge, Halichondria panicea (Pallas, 1766) (Suberitida: Halichondriidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences
<ns3:p> We present a genome assembly from an individual <ns3:italic>Halichondria panicea</ns3:italic> (bread-crumb sponge; Porifera; Demospongiae; Suberitida; Halichondriidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 131.46 megabases. Most of the assembly (99.62%) is scaffolded into 17 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 19.57 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly by Ensembl identified 26 096 protein-coding genes. Five medium-quality bacterial bins were also recovered, of which three belonged to the main <ns3:italic>Amylibacter</ns3:italic> -related symbiont, termed <ns3:italic>Halichondribacter symbioticus</ns3:italic> . </ns3:p>
Authors
- U Hentschel
- Noah Gettle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3407-4086)
- Tyler J. Carrier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7885-184X)
- Leon X. Steiner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4841-7430)
- Kristina Bayer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2789-9805)
- EBI Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Data Portal Team
- Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project Leadership
- Haoyu Niu
- Ángela Marulanda
- Lucía Pita
- Lara Schmittmann
- Rebecca O’Brien
- Michael Paulini
- Elizabeth Sinclair
- Graeme Oatley
- Eerik Aunin
- Victoria McKenna
- Dirk Erpenbeck
- Camilla Santos
Publication Details
- Journal
- Wellcome Open Research
- Published
- 2026-02-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25908.1
- Primary Topic
- Marine Sponges and Natural Products
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00