Table 1.

Transcriptome sequencing and assembly ^a.

Species	Reads/Contigs	Number	Average size (nt)	Total nt
B. tuediae	Raw reads	547,061	547	299,232,484
	Trimmed reads	546,903	333	182,128,133
	All contigs	64,442	591	38,101,858
	Large contigs	5072	1380	6,997,895
	Single reads	118,104	279	33,008,862
H. digitata	Raw reads	546,974	543	296,833,666
	Trimmed reads	546,846	331	181,169,361
	All contigs	54,293	613	33,255,104
	Large contigs	5083	1430	7,272,471
	Single reads	105,695	260	27,786,964

^a Number of sequencing reads obtained from 454 pyrosequencing of the transcriptomes of the two sea anemones B. tuediae and H. digitata. Raw Reads, represent all sequence reads obtained from the transcriptome sequencing. Trimmed reads, represent raw reads after trimming of key tag (TCAG) at the 5′ end and removal of low quality and adapter sequences. All contigs, represent all contigs assembled by MWG Eurofins. Large Contigs, represent assembled contigs with size larger than 1000 bases. Single reads, represent reads that are only found in one copy number in the dataset.