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Hyalella azteca (Amphipods, HAZT.00-mixed) (Hazt_2.0.2)

Hyalella azteca (Amphipods, HAZT.00-mixed) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Hyalella azteca

Hyalella azteca is a widespread and abundant species complex of amphipod crustacean in North America. It reaches 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) long, and is found in a range of fresh and brackish waters. It feeds on algae and diatoms and is a major food of waterfowl.

Picture credit: Public domain via Wikimedia Commons (Image source) Taxonomy ID 294128

(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_000764305.4].

The total length of the assembly is 542348180 bp contained within 17395 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 213783, the scaffold L50 value is 655. The GC% content of the assembly is 38.5%.

Annotation

The annotation presented is derived from annotation submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession GCA_000764305.4.

Ensembl Metazoa displaying genes imported from NCBI RefSeq annotation release v101. Small RNA features, protein features, BLAST hits and cross-references have been computed by Ensembl Metazoa.

Statistics

Summary

AssemblyHazt_2.0.2, INSDC Assembly GCA_000764305.4,
Database version116.1
Golden Path Length542,364,171
Genebuild byNCBI RefSeq
Genebuild methodImport
Data sourceBaylor College of Medicine

Gene counts

Coding genes17,163
Non coding genes1,489
Small non coding genes369
Long non coding genes1,111
Misc non coding genes9
Pseudogenes62
Gene transcripts24,480