Abstract
Here, we present a karyotype, a chromosome-scale genome assembly, and a genome annotation from the ctenophore Hormiphora californensis (Ctenophora: Cydippida: Pleurobrachiidae). The assembly spans 110 Mb in 44 scaffolds and 99.47% of the bases are contained in 13 scaffolds. Chromosome micrographs and Hi-C heatmaps support a karyotype of 13 diploid chromosomes. Hi-C data reveal three large heterozygous inversions on chromosome 1, and one heterozygous inversion shares the same gene order found in the genome of the ctenophore Pleurobrachia bachei. We find evidence that H. californensis and P. bachei share thirteen homologous chromosomes, and the same karyotype of 1n = 13. The manually curated PacBio Iso-Seq-based genome annotation reveals complex gene structures, including nested genes and trans-spliced leader sequences. This chromosome-scale assembly is a useful resource for ctenophore biology and will aid future studies of metazoan evolution and phylogenetics.
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