The chromosomal genome sequence of the Caribbean fire coral, Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (Anthoathecata: Milleporidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences
We present a genome assembly from a specimen of Millepora alcicornis (Cnidaria; Hydrozoa; Anthoathecata; Milleporidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 3,065.30 megabases. Most of the assembly (97.85%) is scaffolded into 15 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 14.8 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly by Ensembl identified 18,786 protein-coding genes. From the metagenome data, we recovered four bins, of which one was a high-quality metagenome-assembled genome.
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)
- 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)
- EBI Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Data Portal Team
- Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project Leadership
- Jaaziel E. García-Hernández
- Nikolaos V Schizas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9436-2285)
- Eerik Aunin
- Victoria McKenna
- Haoyu Niu
- Camilla Santos
Institutions
- Southeastern University (US)
- Nova Southeastern University (US)
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (US)
- NOAA Ocean Exploration (US)
- Wellcome Sanger Institute (GB)
- University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez (PR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Wellcome Open Research
- Published
- 2026-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27599.1
- Primary Topic
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Wellcome Trust