Biologyarticle2026-09-16

The chromosomal genome sequence of Pseudorhiza aurosa von Lendenfeld, 1882 (Rhizostomeae: Lychnorhizidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences

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Abstract

We present a genome assembly from a specimen of Pseudorhiza aurosa (Cnidaria; Scyphozoa; Rhizostomeae; Lychnorhizidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 183.49 megabases. The whole assembly is scaffolded into 18 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 13.73 kilobases. From the metagenome data, we recovered two high-quality metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs).

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Authors: Kylie A. Pitt, Michael N Dawson, Pablo E. Díaz, Graeme Oatley, Elizabeth Sinclair, Eerik Aunin, Noah Gettle, Camilla Santos, Michael Paulini, Haoyu Niu, Victoria McKenna, Richard L. O’Brien, EBI Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Data Portal Team, Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project Leadership

Institutions: Griffith University, Wellcome Sanger Institute, University of California, Merced, Sea World