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Caenorhabditis_elegans Caenorhabditis elegans (Nematode, N2)
WBcel235
Anopheles_gambiae Anopheles gambiae - (African malaria mosquito, PEST)
AgamP4
Drosophila_melanogaster Drosophila melanogaster - (Fruit fly)
BDGP6.54
Apis_mellifera Apis mellifera (Honey bee, DH4)
Amel_HAv3.1

What's New in Release 63

  • Assembly and gene set data updated

    • Daphnia carinata (Crustaceans, GCA_022539665.4)
    • Dermacentor andersoni (Rocky Mountain Wood Tick, GCA_023375885.3)
    • Drosophila suzukii (Spotted wing drosophila, GCA_043229965.1)
    • Halyomorpha halys (Brown marmorated stink bug, GCA_000696795.3)
    • Hyalella azteca (Amphipods, GCA_000764305.4)
    • Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Salmon louse, GCA_016086655.5)
    • Leptotrombidium deliense (Scrub typhus mite, GCA_003675905.2)
    • Loa loa (African eye worm, GCA_000183805.3)
    • Neodiprion pinetum (White pine sawfly, GCA_021155775.2)
    • Owenia fusiformis (Segmented worms, GCA_903813345.2)
    • Patella vulgata (Common limpet, GCA_932274485.2)
    • Plodia interpunctella (Indianmeal moth, GCA_027563975.2)
    • Pollicipes pollicipes (Crustaceans, GCA_011947565.3)
    • Pristionchus pacificus (Nematodes, GCA_000180635.4)

  • New assembly for existing species

    • Bactrocera oleae (Olive fruit fly, GCA_042242935.1)
    • Onthophagus taurus (Bull Headed Dung Beetle, GCA_036711975.1)
    • Parasteatoda tepidariorum (Common house spider, GCA_043381705.1)
    • Penaeus vannamei (Pacific white shrimp, GCA_042767895.1)
    • Procambarus clarkii (Red swamp crayfish, GCA_040958095.1)

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Archive sites

Archive of release 62 of EnsemblMetazoa: eg62-metazoa.ensembl.org (Sep 2025)

Archive of release 59 of EnsemblMetazoa: eg59-metazoa.ensembl.org (May 2024)

Archive of release 56 of EnsemblMetazoa: eg56-metazoa.ensembl.org (Feb 2023)

Archive of release 52 of EnsemblMetazoa: eg52-metazoa.ensembl.org (Dec 2021)

Funding

Ensembl Metazoa receives funding from Infravec2, to serve as a data delivery mechanism for that project. Infravec2 is an international and interdisciplinary research project on insect vectors of human and animal disease, including mosquitoes, sandflies and other flies. This project has received funding from the European Unions Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 731060.

The biting midge genome resequencing and annotation is funding by a grant from the Bioinformatics and Biological Resources Fund of the United Kingdom Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (grant number BB/M028372/1) to The Pirbright Institute and the European Bioinformatics Institute.

The Branchiostoma lanceolatum (amphioxus) genome is provided by Corbel, an initiative of thirteen biological and medical research infrastructures creating a platform for harmonised access to biological and medical samples, technologies and data services. This project receives funding from the European Unions Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 654248.

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