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. 2022 Aug 11;23:574. doi: 10.1186/s12864-022-08750-y

Table 1.

Genome assembly statistics for echinoderm genomes available at the NCBI’s Assembly database (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/assembly) on Jun. 17, 2021. Ditto marks (") indicate values identical to the cell above. Asterisks (*) indicate GenBank assembly accessions that have corresponding RefSeq assemblies

Organism name Class: Order GenBank assembly Length (Mbp) Scaffold No. Scaffold N50 (bp) Citations
Asterias rubens Asteroidea: GCA_902459465.3* 418 150 20,558,067 [81]
(European starfish) Forcipulatida
Pisaster ochraceus " GCA_010994315.1 402 1,844 20,188,303 [82]
(purple sea star)
Acanthaster planci Asteroidea: GCA_001949145.1* 384 1,766 1,521,119 [16, 83, 84]
(crown-of-thorns starfish) Valvatida
Patiria miniata " GCA_000285935.1 811 60,183 52,614 NA
(bat star)
Patiriella regularis " GCA_900067625.1 949 3,006,458 557 [17]
(starfish)
Anneissia japonica Crinoidea: GCA_011630105.1* 590 76,727 623,489 NA
(crinoids) Comatulida
Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus Echinoidea: GCA_003118195.1 559 16,251 142,559 [12, 85]
(sea urchins) Camarodonta
Lytechinus pictus " GCA_015342785.1 999 1,307 46,003,000 [86]
(painted urchin)
Lytechinus variegatus " GCA_018143015.1 870 104 45,600,000 [87],[88]
(green sea urchin)
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus " GCA_000002235.4* 922 871 37,282,239 [10, 79, 89106]
(purple sea urchin)
Eucidaris tribuloides Echinoidea: GCA_001188425.1 2,187 637,071 39,192 NA
(sea urchins) Cidaroida
Actinopyga echinites Holothuroidea: GCA_010015985.1 899 895,374 1,907 NA
(sea cucumbers) Holothuriida
Holothuria glaberrima " GCA_009936505.1 1,128 346,783 1,221,172 NA
(sea cucumbers)
Apostichopus japonicus Holothuroidea: GCA_002754855.1 805 3,278 487,241 [15]
(Japanese sea cucumber) Synallactida
Apostichopus leukothele " GCA_010014835.1 481 74,445 1,493,354 NA
(sea cucumbers)
Apostichopus parvimensis " GCA_000934455.1 873 21,559 89,133 NA
(sea cucumbers)
Australostichopus mollis " GCA_900067635.1 1,252 3,712,641 626 [17]
(sea cucumbers)
Paelopatides confundens " GCA_011317855.1 1,379 764,445 504,687 NA
(sea cucumbers)
Stichopus horrens " GCA_009801055.1 689 423,833 3,896 NA
(warty sea cucumber)
Ophionereis fasciata Ophiuroidea: GCA_900067615.1 1,185 3,968,282 484 [17]
(brittle stars) Amphilepidida
Ophiothrix spiculata " GCA_000969725.1 2,764 75,696 72,780 NA
(brittle stars)