The chromosomal genome sequence of the upside-down jellyfish, Cassiopea xamachana Bigelow, 1892 (Rhizostomeae: Cassiopeidae) and an associated microbial metagenome bin
We present a genome assembly from a specimen of Cassiopea xamachana (upside-down jellyfish; Cnidaria; Scyphozoa; Rhizostomeae; Cassiopeidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 326.12 megabases. Most of the assembly (98.3%) is scaffolded into 20 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 15.34 kilobases. From the metagenome data, we recovered one medium-quality bacterial bin assigned to Endozoicomonas sp.
Authors
- Elizabeth Sinclair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3133-537X)
- Noah Gettle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3407-4086)
- Graeme Oatley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0896-9994)
- Mónica Medina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8367-0293)
- Nina Pruzinsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7971-2937)
- Jose V. Lopez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1637-4125)
- Michael Paulini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6968-2340)
- Richard L. O’Brien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5433-3202)
- Anthony Bellantuono
- EBI Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Data Portal Team
- Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project Leadership
- André Morandini
- Cheryl L. Ames
- Aki Ohdera
- Eerik Aunin
- Victoria McKenna
- Haoyu Niu
- Laura Miller
- William Fitt
- Camilla Santos
- Allen Collins
Institutions
- National Museum of Natural History (US)
- University of Arizona (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of Georgia (US)
- Tohoku University (JP)
- Nova Southeastern University (US)
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (US)
- NOAA Ocean Exploration (US)
- Wellcome Sanger Institute (GB)
- Institute of Zoology (KZ)
- Stony Brook University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Wellcome Open Research
- Published
- 2026-09-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27508.1
- Primary Topic
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00