Acanthaster planci (Crown-of-thorns starfish) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Acanthaster planci

The crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci), Acanthaster planci, is a large starfish that preys upon hard, or stony, coral polyps (Scleractinia). The crown-of-thorns starfish receives its name from venomous thorn-like spines that cover its upper surface, resembling the biblical crown of thorns. It is one of the largest starfish in the world.

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Taxonomy ID 133434

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More information General information about this species can be found in Wikipedia

Assembly

The assembly presented here has been imported from INSDC and is linked to the assembly accession [GCA_001949145.1].

The total length of the assembly is 383860178 bp contained within 1766 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 1521119, the scaffold L50 value is 73. Assembly gaps span 9869313 bp. The GC% content of the assembly is 41.5%.

Annotation

Ensembl Metazoa displaying genes imported from NCBI RefSeq annotation release v100. Small RNA features, protein features, BLAST hits and cross-references have been computed by Ensembl Metazoa.