Nematostella vectensis (Starlet sea anemone) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Nematostella vectensis

The starlet sea anemone (Nematostella vectensis) is a species of small sea anemone in the family Edwardsiidae native to the east coast of the United States, with introduced populations along the coast of southeast England and the west coast of the United States. Populations have also been located in Nova Scotia, Canada. This sea anemone is found in the shallow brackish water of coastal lagoons and salt marshes where its slender column is usually buried in the mud and its tentacles exposed. Its genome has been sequenced and it is cultivated in the laboratory as a model organism, but the IUCN has listed it as being a "Vulnerable species" in the wild.

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Assembly

The assembly presented here has been imported from INSDC and is linked to the assembly accession [GCA_932526225.1].

The total length of the assembly is 269418438 bp contained within 47 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 17865913, the scaffold L50 value is 7. The GC% content of the assembly is 40.5%.

Annotation

Metazoa displaying genes linked to the assembly with accession GCA_932526225.1.

Genomic assembly deposited to the INSDC by Wellcome Sanger Institute. Genome annotation performed by Ensembl as part of the partnership with the Darwin Tree of Life (DToL) project.

Genome annotation was obtained using re-engineered versions of our Gene Annotation System Aken et al. with refinements implemented for non-vertebrate genomic annotation.

Find more information regarding DToL and Ensembl partnership here.