The chromosomal genome sequence of the feather duster worm, Sabellastarte sp. h YS-2021 (Sabellida: Sabellidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences

Yanan Sun; Keith Kei; Jian Wen Qiu; José M. Martín-Durán; Graeme Oatley; Elizabeth Sinclair; Eerik Aunin; Noah Gettle; Camilla Santos; Michael Paulini; Haoyu Niu; Victoria McKenna; Rebecca O’Brien

doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26503.1

The chromosomal genome sequence of the feather duster worm, Sabellastarte sp. h YS-2021 (Sabellida: Sabellidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences

Yanan Sun
, Keith Kei
, Jian Wen Qiu
, José M. Martín-Durán
, Graeme Oatley
, Elizabeth Sinclair
, Eerik Aunin
, Noah Gettle
, Camilla Santos
, Michael Paulini
, Haoyu Niu
, Victoria McKenna
, Rebecca O’Brien

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We present a genome assembly from an individual Sabellastarte sp. h YS-2021 (feather duster worm; Annelida; Polychaeta; Sabellida; Sabellidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 1 786.39 megabases. Most of the assembly (97.94%) is scaffolded into 14 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 15.35 kilobases. From the metagenome data, we recovered 5 bins, of which one was a high-quality MAG.

Original language	English
Article number	274
Number of pages	18
Journal	Wellcome Open Research
Volume	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26503.1
Publication status	Published - 11 May 2026

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Sun, Y., Kei, K., Qiu, J. W., Martín-Durán, J. M., Oatley, G., Sinclair, E., Aunin, E., Gettle, N., Santos, C., Paulini, M., Niu, H., McKenna, V., & O’Brien, R. (2026). The chromosomal genome sequence of the feather duster worm, Sabellastarte sp. h YS-2021 (Sabellida: Sabellidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences. Wellcome Open Research, 11, Article 274. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26503.1

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