Acanthosepion esculentum
Golden cuttlefish
GC content
26.51%
Whole genome
Non-coding
1,282 bp
Including the D-loop
Where Golden cuttlefish sits among 2,335 species
Whole-genome GC content against maximum lifespan. Golden cuttlefish has the 2,303rd longest lifespan of them.
- This species
- All other species
Base composition
Whole genome16,199 bp
- GC skew (G − C) / (G + C)
- −0.288
- AT skew (A − T) / (A + T)
- +0.070
About this record
- Lifespan source
- SeaLifeBase v26.06
- Based on
- an observed animal, origin not stated
- Data quality
- acceptable
- Licence
- CC BY-NC 4.0
- Status
- New in build 2
- In the database since
- build 2 (2026-11-13)
The lifespan value is for non-commercial use only; the genome data is not restricted by it.
Every change against the 2015 build is in the changelog download.
Composition by region
Reference (L) strand as deposited in RefSeqWhole genome16,199 bp
Protein-coding11,226 bp
12S rRNA990 bp
16S rRNA1,286 bp
All tRNA1,459 bp
Genes and regions
Select a column to sort; select a gene to compare it across species| Composition | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND1NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 | 938 bp | 30.17% | −0.357 | +0.286 | |||||
| ND2NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 | 1,032 bp | 21.32% | −0.445 | −0.049 | |||||
| COX1Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I | 1,533 bp | 33.33% | −0.084 | −0.133 | |||||
| COX2Cytochrome c oxidase subunit II | 687 bp | 28.82% | −0.152 | +0.010 | |||||
| ATP8ATP synthase F0 subunit 8 | 195 bp | 19.49% | −0.316 | −0.083 | |||||
| ATP6ATP synthase F0 subunit 6 | 693 bp | 28.57% | −0.253 | −0.192 | |||||
| COX3Cytochrome c oxidase subunit III | 780 bp | 34.36% | −0.090 | −0.125 | |||||
| ND3NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3 | 354 bp | 29.66% | −0.143 | −0.157 | |||||
| ND4LNADH dehydrogenase subunit 4L | 297 bp | 24.92% | −0.568 | +0.202 | |||||
| ND4NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 | 1,362 bp | 25.62% | −0.404 | +0.189 | |||||
| ND5NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 | 1,776 bp | 25.96% | −0.349 | +0.180 | |||||
| ND6NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 | 513 bp | 23.78% | −0.541 | +0.279 | |||||
| CYTBCytochrome b | 1,139 bp | 30.03% | −0.275 | +0.287 | |||||
| 12S rRNA12S ribosomal RNA | 990 bp | 22.42% | −0.324 | +0.081 | |||||
| 16S rRNA16S ribosomal RNA | 1,286 bp | 22.78% | −0.372 | +0.076 |
Codon usage
Counts per codon, darker is more frequent3,765 codons in all protein-coding genes. Grouped with the Invertebrate mitochondrial code (NCBI table 5).
Phe F8.4%
UUU279
UUC37
Leu L15.3%
UUA355
UUG79
CUU47
CUC9
CUA77
CUG9
Ile I9.4%
AUU316
AUC39
Met M7.7%
AUA235
AUG55
Val V6.2%
GUU114
GUC10
GUA73
GUG36
Ser S9.4%
UCU88
UCC18
UCA82
UCG7
AGU66
AGC18
AGA46
AGG29
Pro P3.2%
CCU70
CCC8
CCA35
CCG7
Thr T4.3%
ACU64
ACC29
ACA63
ACG5
Ala A3.6%
GCU64
GCC25
GCA41
GCG6
Tyr Y4.7%
UAU139
UAC38
His H2.2%
CAU60
CAC22
Gln Q1.6%
CAA55
CAG6
Asn N4.9%
AAU140
AAC46
Lys K2.8%
AAA88
AAG16
Asp D1.8%
GAU49
GAC18
Glu E2.2%
GAA53
GAG30
Cys C1.8%
UGU53
UGC13
Trp W2.8%
UGA70
UGG35
Arg R1.4%
CGU19
CGC4
CGA21
CGG8
Gly G6.1%
GGU111
GGC15
GGA45
GGG59
Stop 0.3%
UAA8
UAG3
Genome map
37 annotated features in NC_009690.1Hover, tap or tab to a feature to see its position, length, strand and GC content. Genes and rRNAs open their own pages.
- Protein-coding13
- rRNA2
- tRNA22
- Outer ring: + strand, arrows run clockwise. Inner ring: − strand.
- Middle ring: GC% of each gene against the whole genome (26.5%, dashed): out is GC-richer, in is AT-richer (full height = 6 points).
All 37 features as a table
| Feature | Type | Start | End | Length | Strand | GC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COX3 | Protein-coding gene | 1 | 780 | 780 bp | + | 34.4% |
| tRNA-Lys | Transfer RNA | 791 | 859 | 69 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ala | Transfer RNA | 858 | 921 | 64 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Arg | Transfer RNA | 921 | 984 | 64 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ser (AGY) | Transfer RNA | 990 | 1,055 | 66 bp | + | – |
| ND2 | Protein-coding gene | 1,056 | 2,087 | 1,032 bp | + | 21.3% |
| COX1 | Protein-coding gene | 2,065 | 3,597 | 1,533 bp | + | 33.3% |
| COX2 | Protein-coding gene | 3,600 | 4,286 | 687 bp | + | 28.8% |
| ATP8 | Protein-coding gene | 4,351 | 4,545 | 195 bp | + | 19.5% |
| ATP6 | Protein-coding gene | 4,508 | 5,200 | 693 bp | + | 28.6% |
| tRNA-Phe | Transfer RNA | 5,231 | 5,294 | 64 bp | − | – |
| ND1 | Protein-coding gene | 5,295 | 6,232 | 938 bp | − | 30.2% |
| tRNA-Leu (UUR) | Transfer RNA | 6,233 | 6,302 | 70 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Leu (CUN) | Transfer RNA | 6,302 | 6,366 | 65 bp | − | – |
| 16S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 6,367 | 7,652 | 1,286 bp | − | 22.8% |
| tRNA-Val | Transfer RNA | 7,653 | 7,723 | 71 bp | − | – |
| 12S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 7,723 | 8,712 | 990 bp | − | 22.4% |
| tRNA-Cys | Transfer RNA | 8,713 | 8,777 | 65 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Tyr | Transfer RNA | 8,776 | 8,838 | 63 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Gln | Transfer RNA | 8,838 | 8,903 | 66 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Gly | Transfer RNA | 8,901 | 8,975 | 75 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Asn | Transfer RNA | 9,558 | 9,624 | 67 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ile | Transfer RNA | 9,626 | 9,691 | 66 bp | + | – |
| ND3 | Protein-coding gene | 9,692 | 10,045 | 354 bp | + | 29.7% |
| tRNA-Asp | Transfer RNA | 10,048 | 10,114 | 67 bp | + | – |
| ND5 | Protein-coding gene | 10,072 | 11,847 | 1,776 bp | − | 26.0% |
| tRNA-His | Transfer RNA | 11,848 | 11,911 | 64 bp | − | – |
| ND4 | Protein-coding gene | 11,912 | 13,273 | 1,362 bp | − | 25.6% |
| ND4L | Protein-coding gene | 13,270 | 13,566 | 297 bp | − | 24.9% |
| tRNA-Thr | Transfer RNA | 13,573 | 13,637 | 65 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ser (UCN) | Transfer RNA | 13,640 | 13,703 | 64 bp | − | – |
| CYTB | Protein-coding gene | 13,704 | 14,842 | 1,139 bp | − | 30.0% |
| ND6 | Protein-coding gene | 14,835 | 15,347 | 513 bp | − | 23.8% |
| tRNA-Pro | Transfer RNA | 15,349 | 15,414 | 66 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Met | Transfer RNA | 15,415 | 15,482 | 68 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Trp | Transfer RNA | 15,485 | 15,550 | 66 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Glu | Transfer RNA | 15,555 | 15,628 | 74 bp | − | – |