Figure 1:

Available genome assembly resources across the arthropod phylogeny. The Arthropoda phylogeny from the US NCBI Taxonomy database shows the evolutionary relationships amongst 114 orders. Counts of described species (Sp.) within each order are shown from the NCBI (v.2021–06-11) and the Catalogue of Life (CoL, v.2021–06-10), alongside numbers of genome assemblies available from the NCBI Assembly database (accessed on 25 August 2021). Of the 114 orders recognized by both the NCBI and the CoL, 48 orders are represented by ≥1 genome assembly. The 21 orders with ≥5 assemblies are highlighted with distinct colours, which are maintained for cross-referencing in Figs 2–4. The inset shows the accumulation of assemblies, species, and orders submitted to the NCBI since 2005 (note that in the case of assembly updates only the latest submission dates are considered).