Asterias rubens (European starfish) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Asterias rubens

The common starfish, common sea star or sugar starfish is the most common and familiar starfish in the north-east Atlantic. Belonging to the family Asteriidae, it has five arms and usually grows to between 10–30 cm across, although larger specimens are known. The common starfish is usually orange or brownish in color, and sometimes violet; specimens found in deeper waters are pale. The common starfish is found on rocky and gravelly substrates where it feeds on mollusks and other benthic invertebrates.

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Taxonomy ID 7604

(Text from Wikipedia.)

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_902459465.3].

The total length of the assembly is 417601740 bp contained within 621 contigs. The contig N50 value is 1383654, the contig L50 value is 94. Assembly gaps span 148140 bp.

Annotation

Ensembl Metazoa displaying geneset built by Ensembl GeneBuild and imported from Ensembl Rapid.