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Phylum:
Chordata
Estimated genome size:
65 cm TL
Organism size:
65 cm TL
Distribution:
Endemic to South Africa from the mouth of the Orange river through to KwaZulu-Natal. Adults inhabit inshore marine environments to 25 m depth, usually over sandy or mixed sand and rock shorelines. Juveniles have an obligatory estuarine dependent nursery phase.
P2Solo Sequencing Report:
Output:
85.8 Gigabases
Approximate N50:
6,39 kilobases
Draft Genome Assembly Statistics:
Genome Length:
728,93 Mb
BUSCO completeness score (single and duplicated genes):
99,3%
Importance:
An important reactional and subsistence food fish. Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Redlist.
Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
Estimated genome size:
391 million DNA base pairs (0.391 Gigabases)
Organism size:
5-10 cm
Distribution:
Coastal regions of the Western Cape from Onrus to Stilbaai and confined to sunny, rocky and sandy seashores.
PromethION Sequencing Report:
Output:
81.28 Gigabases
Approximate N50:
9.52 kilobases
Prenia vanrensburgii
African Spinach
Draft Genome Assembly Statistics:
Genome Length:
0.53 Gigabases
BUSCO completeness score (single and duplicated genes):
99.3%
Importance:
The soft fleshy leaves of the African Spinach / Seepampoen / Cape spinach are edible, and delicious when prepared in a stew, like spinach. First used by the Khoi and San.
Sample Contributor contact details
Ernst Van Jaarsveld,
University of Western Cape | Babylonstoren
Photo credit:
© C. Whitehouse
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