Eriocheir sinensis (Chinese mitten crab) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Eriocheir sinensis

The Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis), also known as the Shanghai hairy crab, is a medium-sized burrowing crab that is named for its furry claws, which resemble mittens. It is native to rivers, estuaries and other coastal habitats of East Asia from Korea in the north to Fujian, China in the south. It has also been introduced to Europe and North America, where it is considered an invasive species. The species features on the list of invasive alien species of Union concern. This means that the import of the species and trade in the species is forbidden in the whole of the European Union.

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Taxonomy ID 95602

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Assembly

The assembly presented here has been imported from INSDC and is linked to the assembly accession [GCA_024679095.1].

The total length of the assembly is 1765827443 bp contained within 2160 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 16975517, the scaffold L50 value is 40. The GC% content of the assembly is 41.0%.

Annotation

The annotation presented is derived from annotation submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession GCA_024679095.1.

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.