Table 1.
Summary of Genomic Features of Thelohanellus kitauei and Two Free-Living Cnidarians
| Genome features | Parasitic | Free-Living |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Thelohanellus kitauei | Hydra magnipapillata (Chapman et al. 2010) | Nematostella vectensis (Putnam et al. 2007) | |
| Total genome size (Mb) | 150.7 | 852.2 | 356.6 |
| Total coding size (Mb) | 20 | 21.5 | 30.5 |
| Total coding ratio (%) | 13.3 | 2.5 | 8.6 |
| Gene number | 16,638 | 17,918 | 26,676 |
| Average gene length (kb) | 1,210 | 14,568 | 5,869 |
| Gene density (genes per Mb) | 110 | 21 | 75 |
| Average coding sequence size (kb) | 717 | 1,267 | 1,223 |
| Average exon number | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Average exon size (bp) | 235 | 218 | 208 |
| Average intron size (bp) | 240 | 2,653 | 1,122 |
| Total GC content (%) | 37.5 | 27.8 | 40.6 |
| GC content in coding region (%) | 39.0 | 33.5 | 46.5 |