The chromosomal genome sequence of the boulder star coral, Orbicella franksi (Gregory, 1895) (Scleractinia: Merulinidae)
We present a genome assembly from a specimen of Orbicella franksi (boulder star coral; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Scleractinia; Merulinidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 496.97 megabases. Most of the assembly (95.24%) is scaffolded into 15 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 17.08 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly by Ensembl identified 28 996 protein-coding genes.
Authors
- Elizabeth Sinclair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3133-537X)
- Raul A. Gonzalez-Pech
- Noah Gettle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3407-4086)
- Michael Sweet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4983-8333)
- Graeme Oatley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0896-9994)
- Ana González (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1558-4833)
- Carlos Prada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-136X)
- Richard Karp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7561-2018)
- Sebastián Metz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3353-8862)
- Jose V. Lopez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1637-4125)
- Tomás López-Londoño (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9486-7809)
- Bishoy Kamel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2934-3827)
- Don R. Levitan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5318-3312)
- M. Weber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2770-9031)
- Michael Paulini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6968-2340)
- Viridiana Avila‐Magaña (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6249-4761)
- Richard L. O’Brien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5433-3202)
- EBI Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Data Portal Team
- Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project Leadership
- Aki Ohdera
- Andrew C. Baker
- Eerik Aunin
- Victoria McKenna
- Haoyu Niu
- Elizabeth A. Boville
- Monica M. Medina
- Nancy Knowlton
- Camilla Santos
Institutions
- Florida State University (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Southeastern University (US)
- National Museum of Natural History (US)
- Texas State University (US)
- University of Miami (US)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of Rhode Island (US)
- Joint Genome Institute (US)
- Nova Southeastern University (US)
- University of Derby (GB)
- Wellcome Sanger Institute (GB)
- Carnegie Observatories (US)
- Miami Transplant Institute (US)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (CO)
- Stony Brook University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Wellcome Open Research
- Published
- 2026-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27512.1
- Primary Topic
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00