The chromosomal genome sequence of the massive starlet coral, Siderastrea siderea (Ellis & Solander, 1768) (Scleractinia: Rhizangiidae)
We present a genome assembly from a specimen of Siderastrea siderea (massive starlet coral; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Scleractinia; Rhizangiidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 831.10 megabases. Most of the assembly (97.77%) is scaffolded into 14 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 19.39 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly by Ensembl identified 36,569 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 John Sweet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4983-8333)
- Sebastian Metz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2013-0569)
- Graeme Oatley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0896-9994)
- Andrew Charles Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7866-2587)
- Mónica Medina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8367-0293)
- Richard F. Karp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7561-2018)
- Eerik Aunin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8385-2636)
- Camile Dias Avelino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1442-7289)
- Michael Paulini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6968-2340)
- Victoria McKenna
- Richard L. O’Brien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5433-3202)
- EBI Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Data Portal Team
- Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project Leadership
- Haoyu Niu
- Camilla Santos
Institutions
- University of Miami (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of Derby (GB)
- Wellcome Sanger Institute (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Wellcome Open Research
- Published
- 2026-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27606.1
- Primary Topic
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00