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The chromosomal genome sequence of an encrusting sponge, Chondrilla cf. caribensis Rützler, Duran & Piantoni, 2007 (Chondrillida: Chondrillidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences
Benjamin Mueller
J. D. de Goeij
M. Achlatis
Dirk Erpenbeck
U. Hentschel
Graeme Oatley
Elizabeth Sinclair
E. Aunin
Noah Gettle
Camilla A. Santos
Michael Paulini
Hao-Yu Niu
Victoria McKenna
Rebecca O'Brien
Abstract
We present a genome assembly from a specimen of Chondrilla cf. caribensis (Porifera; Demospongiae; Chondrillida; Chondrillidae). The primary assembly has a total length of 137.05 megabases. Most of the primary assembly (99.68%) is scaffolded into 25 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 19.28 kilobases. From the metagenome data, we recovered 53 bins, of which 40 were classified as high-quality metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), including 27 fully circularised MAGs. The presence of Chloroflexota, Acidobacteriota and Candidatus Poribacteria, among other phyla, identifies this species as a high-microbial-abundance (HMA) sponge.