The genome sequence of the sea mat, Membranipora membranacea (Linnaeus, 1767)

John Bishop; Patrick Adkins; Christine Wood; Helen Jenkins; Marine Biological Association Genome Acquisition Lab; Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life programme; Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: DNA Pipelines collective; Tree of Life Core Informatics collective; Darwin Tree of Life Consortium

doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18855.1

The genome sequence of the sea mat, Membranipora membranacea (Linnaeus, 1767)

Wellcome Open Res. 2023 Jan 24:8:38. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18855.1. eCollection 2023.

Authors

John Bishop¹, Patrick Adkins¹, Christine Wood¹, Helen Jenkins¹; Marine Biological Association Genome Acquisition Lab; Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life programme; Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: DNA Pipelines collective; Tree of Life Core Informatics collective; Darwin Tree of Life Consortium

Affiliation

¹ Marine Biological Association, Plymouth, Devon, UK.

Abstract

We present a genome assembly from an adult colony of Membranipora membranacea (the sea mat; Bryozoa; Gymnolaemata; Cheilostomatida; Membraniporidae). The genome sequence is 339 megabases in span. Most of the assembly (99.95%) is scaffolded into 11 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 14.7 kilobases in length.

Keywords: Bryozoa; Membranipora membranacea; chromosomal; genome sequence; sea mat.

Grants and funding

WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom