Sara Guirao-Rico, Vadim A Pisarenco, Paula Escuer, Pau Balart-García, Marc Domènech, Adrià Bellvert, Silvia Adrián-Serrano, Alejandro Sánchez-Gracia, Miquel A Arnedo, Julio Rozas
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ERGA-CBP chromosome-level genome assembly of the blind scorpion Belisarius xambeui Simon, 1879 (Belisariidae, Scorpiones), a singular scorpion in Europe.
We present a chromosome-level reference genome for the blind scorpion Belisarius xambeui Simon, 1879 (Belisariidae, Scorpiones). The genome size estimated by flow cytometry (4.32 Gb) closely matches the final assembly size (3.98 Gb). The final assembly comprises 19,045 scaffolds, including 56 chromosome-level scaffolds (pseudochromosomes) that account for 90.08% of the total assembly. Nucleotide diversity across the genome was low, with an average π of 0.0018.