The chromosomal genome sequence of the rice coral, Montipora capitata (Dana, 1846) (Scleractinia: Acroporidae)
We present a genome assembly from a specimen of Montipora capitata (rice coral; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Scleractinia; Acroporidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 689.31 megabases. Most of the assembly (99.26%) is scaffolded into 14 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 17.87 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly by Ensembl identified 44 675 protein-coding genes.
Authors
- Elizabeth Sinclair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3133-537X)
- 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)
- Sebastián Metz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3353-8862)
- Michael Paulini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6968-2340)
- Richard L. O’Brien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5433-3202)
- EBI Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Data Portal Team
- Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project Leadership
- Eerik Aunin
- Victoria McKenna
- Haoyu Niu
- Camilla Santos
- Crawford Drury
Institutions
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
- University of Derby (GB)
- Wellcome Sanger Institute (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Wellcome Open Research
- Published
- 2026-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27485.1
- Primary Topic
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Wellcome Trust