Genome assembly of Bougainvillia cf. muscus (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa).

ABSTRACT: As one of just a handful of nonbilaterian animal phyla, Cnidaria are key to understanding genome evolution across Metazoa. Despite their importance and diversity, the genomes of most species in the phylum are unsequenced, due in large part to difficulties cultivating them in a laboratory. Here, we present a genome sequence of Bougainvillia cf. muscus, a hydrozoan with 4 marginal bulbs each containing 7 simple eyes (ocelli). This species appeared in our tanks from contamination. While we lacked sufficient samples for transcriptomic or functional studies, we were able to expand our knowledge of how the genome of this species compares to the few, better studied members of hydrozoans by investigating synteny to other cnidarians, repetitive element content, and phylogenetics and synteny of visi

SUBMITTER: Macias-Munoz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12239608 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature