The chromosomal genome sequence of the maze coral, Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758) (Scleractinia: Meandrinidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences
<ns5:p> We present a genome assembly from a specimen of <ns5:italic>Meandrina meandrites</ns5:italic> (maze coral; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Scleractinia; Meandrinidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 551.16 megabases. Most of the assembly (99.25%) is scaffolded into 14 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 17.2 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly by Ensembl identified 30 464 protein-coding genes. We recovered two bins from the metagenome data. </ns5:p>
Authors
- Elizabeth Sinclair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3133-537X)
- Noah Gettle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3407-4086)
- Michael John Sweet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4983-8333)
- Zachary J. Moffitt
- Graeme Oatley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0896-9994)
- Sebastián Metz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3353-8862)
- Nina M. Pruzinsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7971-2937)
- Jose Victor Lopez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1637-4125)
- Julia M. Stewart
- Cheryl M. Woodley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7532-2934)
- Richard L. O’Brien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5433-3202)
- EBI Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Data Portal Team
- Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project Leadership
- Mónica Medina
- Eerik Aunin
- Victoria McKenna
- Haoyu Niu
- Michael Paulini
- Camilla Santos
- Lisa May
- Andrew Bruckner
Institutions
- NOAA National Ocean Service (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Nova Southeastern University (US)
- University of Derby (GB)
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (US)
- NOAA Ocean Exploration (US)
- Wellcome Sanger Institute (GB)
- University of Hawaii at Hilo (US)
- NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Wellcome Open Research
- Published
- 2026-07-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27184.1
- Primary Topic
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00