The genome sequence of the sand star, Astropecten irregularis (Pennant, 1777)

Patrick Adkins; Joanna Harley; John Bishop; Marine Biological Association Genome Acquisition Lab; Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team; Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team; Tree of Life Core Informatics collective; Darwin Tree of Life Consortium

doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.22821.1

The genome sequence of the sand star, Astropecten irregularis (Pennant, 1777)

Wellcome Open Res. 2024 Aug 7:9:431. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.22821.1. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Patrick Adkins¹, Joanna Harley¹, John Bishop¹; Marine Biological Association Genome Acquisition Lab; Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team; Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team; Tree of Life Core Informatics collective; Darwin Tree of Life Consortium

Affiliation

¹ The Marine Biological Association, Plymouth, England, UK.

Abstract

We present a genome assembly from an individual Astropecten irregularis (the sand star; Echinodermata; Asteroidea; Paxillosida; Astropectinidae). The genome sequence spans 475.80 megabases. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 22 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 16.34 kilobases in length.

Keywords: Astropecten irregularis; Paxillosida; chromosomal; genome sequence; sand star.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Wellcome through core funding to the Wellcome Sanger Institute [206194, https://doi.org/10.35802/206194] and the Darwin Tree of Life Discretionary Award [218328, https://doi.org/10.35802/218328 ].