Major updates coming soon!

Major updates and new genome assemblies are coming to Echinobase.

  • Echinobase aims to provide a comparative genomics platform for the echinoderm clade.
  • Currently, genomes for Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Lytechinus variegatus, Patiria miniata, Parastichopus parvamensis and Ophiothrix spiculata are posted here.
  • Transcriptomes for these and other echinoderms are also presented.
  • We continue to expand our information system as additional genome and transcriptome assemblies become available.

Reference: If you use our system for sequence analysis, please cite the URL (www.echinobase.org) and the following reference(s):

  • Cameron RA, Samanta M, Yuan A, He D, Davidson E. SpBase: the sea urchin genome database and web site. NAR (2009)
  • Kudtarkar P & Cameron RA. Echinobase: an expanding resource for echinoderm genomic information. Database (2017)