The chromosomal genome sequence of the blushing star coral, Stephanocoenia intersepta (Lamarck, 1816) (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences
We present a genome assembly from a specimen of Stephanocoenia intersepta (blushing star coral; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Scleractinia; Astrocoeniidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 656.21 megabases and 656.55 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (94.84%) is scaffolded into 13 chromosomal pseudomolecules. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 19.46 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly by Ensembl identified 26,627 protein-coding genes. From the metagenome data, we recovered five 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 M. Pruzinsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7971-2937)
- Jose Victor 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
- D. Abigail Renegar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1330-1278)
- 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)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Wellcome Open Research
- Published
- 2026-09-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27573.1
- Primary Topic
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00