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. 2012 Sep 26;7(1):175–188. doi: 10.4056/sigs.3136559

Table 1. Cephalopod species proposed for initial sequencing efforts.

Species    Estimated genome size     Current sequencing coverage     Geographic distribution    Lifestyle juvenile/adult       Research importance
O. vulgaris    2.5-5 Gb     46×     world-wide    planktonic/ benthic       classic model for brain and behavior, fisheries science
O. bimaculoides    3.2 Gb     50×     California, Mexico    benthic       emerging model for development and behavior, fisheries science
H. maculosa    4.5 Gb     10×     Indo-Pacific    benthic       toxicity
S. officinalis    4.5 Gb     -     East Atlantic- Mediterranean    nectobenthic       classic model for behavior and development, fisheries science
L. pealeii    2.7 Gb     -     Northwest Atlantic    nectonic       cellular neurobiology, fisheries science
E. scolopes    3.7 Gb     -     Hawaii    nectobenthic       animal-bacterial symbiosis, model for development
I. paradoxus    2.1 Gb     80×     Japan    nectobenthic       model for development, small genome size
I. notoides    -     50×     Australia    nectobenthic       model for development, small genome size
A. dux    4.5 Gb     60×     world-wide    nectonic       largest body size
N. pompilius    2.8-4.2 Gb     10×     Indo-Pacific    nectonic       “living fossil”, outgroup to coleoid cephalopods