Hippospongia lachne
Sheepswool sponge
GC content
37.03%
Whole genome
Non-coding
1,780 bp
Including the D-loop
Where Sheepswool sponge sits among 2,335 species
Whole-genome GC content against maximum lifespan. Sheepswool sponge has the 1,171st longest lifespan of them.
- This species
- All other species
Base composition
Whole genome16,755 bp
- GC skew (G − C) / (G + C)
- +0.390
- AT skew (A − T) / (A + T)
- −0.191
About this record
- Lifespan source
- SeaLifeBase v26.06
- Based on
- an animal in the wild
- 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 genome16,755 bp
Protein-coding11,840 bp
12S rRNA828 bp
16S rRNA2,166 bp
All tRNA141 bp
Genes and regions
Select a column to sort; select a gene to compare it across species| Composition | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND1NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 | 906 bp | 40.29% | +0.332 | −0.353 | |||||
| ND2NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 | 1,311 bp | 37.86% | +0.524 | −0.263 | |||||
| COX1Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I | 1,605 bp | 40.75% | +0.309 | −0.270 | |||||
| COX2Cytochrome c oxidase subunit II | 762 bp | 39.63% | +0.503 | −0.187 | |||||
| ATP8ATP synthase F0 subunit 8 | 216 bp | 35.19% | +0.579 | −0.043 | |||||
| ATP6ATP synthase F0 subunit 6 | 708 bp | 37.99% | +0.465 | −0.326 | |||||
| COX3Cytochrome c oxidase subunit III | 783 bp | 41.00% | +0.421 | −0.333 | |||||
| ND3NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3 | 351 bp | 37.32% | +0.527 | −0.373 | |||||
| ND4LNADH dehydrogenase subunit 4L | 297 bp | 39.73% | +0.542 | −0.285 | |||||
| ND4NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 | 1,410 bp | 36.38% | +0.361 | −0.362 | |||||
| ND5NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 | 1,872 bp | 39.32% | +0.476 | −0.245 | |||||
| ND6NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 | 510 bp | 36.86% | +0.521 | −0.335 | |||||
| CYTBCytochrome b | 1,146 bp | 37.56% | +0.279 | −0.298 | |||||
| 12S rRNA12S ribosomal RNA | 828 bp | 38.89% | +0.348 | +0.024 | |||||
| 16S rRNA16S ribosomal RNA | 2,166 bp | 33.98% | +0.359 | +0.039 |
Codon usage
Counts per codon, darker is more frequent3,957 codons in all protein-coding genes. Grouped with the Invertebrate mitochondrial code (NCBI table 5).
Phe F8.5%
UUU294
UUC43
Leu L15.0%
UUA274
UUG212
CUU44
CUC9
CUA29
CUG24
Ile I5.1%
AUU167
AUC34
Met M6.2%
AUA118
AUG129
Val V10.9%
GUU167
GUC48
GUA107
GUG111
Ser S7.6%
UCU87
UCC20
UCA20
UCG21
AGU93
AGC15
AGA16
AGG30
Pro P2.9%
CCU35
CCC24
CCA21
CCG34
Thr T2.6%
ACU61
ACC8
ACA20
ACG15
Ala A5.0%
GCU49
GCC44
GCA43
GCG60
Tyr Y4.8%
UAU171
UAC18
His H1.4%
CAU52
CAC4
Gln Q1.4%
CAA35
CAG20
Asn N2.4%
AAU82
AAC14
Lys K2.5%
AAA58
AAG39
Asp D2.0%
GAU65
GAC13
Glu E3.7%
GAA66
GAG82
Cys C1.6%
UGU51
UGC14
Trp W3.1%
UGA41
UGG82
Arg R1.9%
CGU21
CGC3
CGA15
CGG37
Gly G11.0%
GGU80
GGC56
GGA78
GGG221
Stop 0.3%
UAA12
UAG1
Genome map
17 annotated features in NC_010215.1Hover, 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
- tRNA2
- Outer ring: + strand, arrows run clockwise. Inner ring: − strand.
- Middle ring: GC% of each gene against the whole genome (37.0%, dashed): out is GC-richer, in is AT-richer (full height = 6 points).
All 17 features as a table
| Feature | Type | Start | End | Length | Strand | GC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 213 | 2,378 | 2,166 bp | + | 34.0% |
| COX1 | Protein-coding gene | 2,967 | 4,571 | 1,605 bp | + | 40.8% |
| ND1 | Protein-coding gene | 4,544 | 5,449 | 906 bp | + | 40.3% |
| CYTB | Protein-coding gene | 5,547 | 6,692 | 1,146 bp | + | 37.6% |
| ND4 | Protein-coding gene | 6,686 | 8,095 | 1,410 bp | + | 36.4% |
| ND6 | Protein-coding gene | 8,214 | 8,723 | 510 bp | + | 36.9% |
| ND3 | Protein-coding gene | 8,724 | 9,074 | 351 bp | + | 37.3% |
| ND4L | Protein-coding gene | 9,074 | 9,370 | 297 bp | + | 39.7% |
| COX2 | Protein-coding gene | 9,380 | 10,141 | 762 bp | + | 39.6% |
| ATP8 | Protein-coding gene | 10,141 | 10,356 | 216 bp | + | 35.2% |
| ATP6 | Protein-coding gene | 10,359 | 11,066 | 708 bp | + | 38.0% |
| COX3 | Protein-coding gene | 11,126 | 11,908 | 783 bp | + | 41.0% |
| tRNA-Trp | Transfer RNA | 12,039 | 12,108 | 70 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Met | Transfer RNA | 12,220 | 12,290 | 71 bp | + | – |
| ND2 | Protein-coding gene | 12,345 | 13,655 | 1,311 bp | + | 37.9% |
| ND5 | Protein-coding gene | 13,855 | 15,726 | 1,872 bp | + | 39.3% |
| 12S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 15,928 | 16,755 | 828 bp | + | 38.9% |