Reference genomes are the core resource for detailed analysis of population and functional genomics. By capturing a representative genome for a species, all further individuals can be assessed relative to the reference and each genome starts a research journey. Different quality genome assemblies can deliver to different needs and not every species requires chromosome length assemblies.

Scientific nameCommon nameClassOutput domainAssembly statusAssembly levelContact
Acanthaster planciCrown-of-thorns starfishAsteroideaEnvironmentComing soonChromosome David Beale
Achroia grisellaLesser Wax MothInsectaEnvironmentComing soonScaffold Gene Wijffels
Acropora hyacinthusCoralAnthozoaEnvironmentComing soonScaffoldUQ
Aedes aculeatusPointy mosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Aedes burpengaryensisMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Aedes camptorhynchusSouthern saltmarsh mosquitoInsectaHealthData generationScaffoldAGI Team
Aedes candidoscutellumMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Aedes eidsvoldensisMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Aedes flavifronsMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Aedes imperfectusMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Aedes keefeiMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Aedes kochiMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Aedes notoscriptusAustralian backyard mosquitoInsectaHealthData generationScaffoldAGI Team
Aedes palmarumMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Aedes quinquelineatusMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Aedes rubrithoraxMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Aedes sp. Marks #51MosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Aedes sp. Marks #85MosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Aedes vigilaxSaltmarsh mosquitoInsectaHealthData generationScaffoldAGI Team
Aedes wasselliMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Ambassis agassiziiOlive PerchletActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Anopheles annulipesMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Anopheles colledgeiMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Anopheles corethroidesMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Anopheles farautiMosquitoInsectaHealthData generationContig Nigel Beebe
Anopheles pseudostigmaticusMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Anopheles stigmaticusMosquitoInsectaHealthData generationContigAGI Team
Anoplolepis gracilipesYellow Crazy AntInsectaHealthData generationContig Ben Hoffmann
Apis melliferaEuropean honey beeInsectaEcotoxicologyComing soonContig Angel Popa
Bactrocera albistrigataWhite striped fruit flyInsectaBiosecurityData generationContig Ronald Lee
Bactrocera aquilonisNorthern Territory fruit flyInsectaBiosecurityComing soonScaffold Ronald Lee
Bactrocera dorsalisOriental fruit flyInsectaBiosecurityAssembledScaffold Ronald Lee
Bactrocera frauenfeldiMango fruit flyInsectaBiosecurityAssembledScaffold Ronald Lee
Bactrocera jarvisiJarvis’ fruit flyInsectaBiosecurityComing soonChromosome Ronald Lee
Bactrocera kraussiKrauss’s fruit flyInsectaBiosecurityAssembledScaffold Ronald Lee
Bactrocera neohumeralisLesser Queensland fruit flyInsectaBiosecurityAssembledChromosome Ronald Lee
Bactrocera pallidaInsectaBiosecurityAssembledScaffold Ronald Lee
Bactrocera tryoniQueensland fruit flyInsectaBiosecurityAssembledChromosome Ronald Lee
Bemisia tabaciSilverleaf whiteflyInsectaBiosecurityData generationContigAGI team
Bidyanus bidyanusSilver perchActinopterygiiConservationComing soonContigAGI Team
Brachymyrmex obscuriorAntInsectaBiosecurityComing soonContig Ben Hoffmann
Calliphora hilliBlow flyInsectaAgricultureAssembledContig Angela McGaughran
Calliphora stygiaBrown blowflyInsectaAgricultureAssembledContig Angela McGaughran
Calliphora vicinaBlue bottle flyInsectaAgricultureAssembledContig Angela McGaughran
Carassius auratusGold fishActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Centroberyx affinisRedfishActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Centroberyx gerrardiBight RedfishActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Ceratitis capitataMediterranean fruit flyInsectaBiosecurityComing soonContigAGI Team
Ceriodaphnia dubiaWater fleaBranchiopodaEcotoxicology Public Contig Anu Kumar
Chironomus tepperiBloodwormInsectaEcotoxicology Public Scaffold Anu Kumar
Chlorella sp.AlgaeEcotoxicologyComing soonContig Lisa Golding
Conopomorpha cramerellaCocoa pod borerInsectaBiosecurityComing soonScaffoldMars
Coquillettidia xanthogasterMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Craterocephalus amniculusDarling River hardyheadActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Craterocephalus fluviatilisMurray hardyheadActinopterygiiConservationComing soonContigAGI Team
Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum fulvusUnspecked hardyheadActinopterygiiConservationComing soonContigAGI Team
Creontiades dilutusGreen miridInsectaAgricultureComing soonScaffoldAGI Team
Culex annulirostrisCommon banded mosquitoInsectaHealthData generationChromosomeAGI Team
Culex douglasiMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Culex insequensMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Culex pseudomelanoconiaMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Culiseta frenchiiMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Cyprinus carpioEuropean carpActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Daphnia carinataBranchiopodaEcotoxicology Public Scaffold Anu Kumar
Dasyuroides byrneiMarsupial ratMammaliaConservationComing soonScaffold Denis-Bauer
Dermolepida albohirtumCane beetleInsectaAgricultureComing soonScaffoldAGI Team
Diuraphis noxiaRussian wheat aphidInsectaBiosecurityComing soonContigAGI Team
Dixella humeralisMosquitoInsectaEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Emydura macquariiMurray River turtleReptiliaEcotoxicologyAwaiting releaseScaffold David Beale
Felis catusDomestic cat MammaliaBiosecurityComing soonContigAGI Team
Gadopsis bispinosusTwo-spined blackfishActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Gadopsis marmoratusSouthern river blackfishActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Gadopsis marmoratusNorthern river blackfishActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Galaxias arcanusRiffle galaxiasActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Galaxias brevipinnisClimbing galaxiasActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Galaxias fuscusBarred galaxiasActinopterygiiConservationComing soonContigAGI Team
Galaxias olidusMountain galaxiasActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Galaxias olirosObscure galaxiasActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Galaxias rostratusFlathead galaxiasActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Galleria mellonellaGreater wax mothInsectaCircular economyAssembledScaffold Gene Wijffels
Gambusia holbrookiEastern gambusiaActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Gastrolobium bilobumHeart-leaved poisonMagnoliopsidaBiosecurityData generationScaffoldCSIRO
Gastrolobium calycinumYork Road PoisonMagnoliopsidaBiosecurityData generationScaffoldCSIRO
Gastrolobium parviflorumBox poisonMagnoliopsidaBiosecurityData generationScaffoldCSIRO
Gastrolobium spinosumPrickly poisonMagnoliopsidaBiosecurityData generationScaffoldCSIRO
Gastrolobium villosumCrinkle-leaved PoisonMagnoliopsidaBiosecurityData generationScaffoldCSIRO
Geotria australisPouched lampreyHyperoartiaEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Helicoverpa armigeraCotton bollwormInsectaAgricultureAssembledScaffoldAGI Team
Helicoverpa punctigeraAustralian bollwormInsectaAgricultureAssembledScaffoldAGI Team
Helicoverpa zeaCorn earwormInsectaBiosecurityAssembledScaffoldAGI Team
Hermetia illucensBlack soldier flyInsectaCircular economyComing soonScaffoldAGI Team
Hypseleotris sp.Lake’s carp gudgeonActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Hypseleotris klunzingeriWestern carp gudgeonActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Hypseleotris sp.Murray-Darling carp gudgeonActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Hypseleotris sp.Midgley’s carp gudgeonActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Ixodes holocyclusAustralian paralysis tickArachnidaHealthComing soonChromosomeAlex Gofton
Kuschelorhynchus macadamiaeMacadamia seed weevilInsectaAgricultureComing soonScaffold Hermes E. Garcia
Leiopotherapon unicolorSpangled perchActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Lepisiota frauenfeldiBrowsing AntInsectaBiosecurityComing soonContig Ben Hoffmann
Lepisiota incisaAfrican black sugar antInsectaBiosecurityComing soonContig Ben Hoffmann
Leucochrysum albicansHoary sunrayAsteraceaeConservationAssembledScaffold Alexander Schmidt-Lebuhn
Lobesia botranaEuropean grapevine mothInsectaBiosecurityComing soonScaffoldWee Tek-Tay
Lolium rigidumAnnual grassPoaceaeBiosecurity Public – refseq Chromosome Alexandre Fournier-Level
Lycium ferocissimumAfrican boxthornSolanaceaeBiosecurityAssembledChromosome Kumaran Nagalingam
Maccullochella macquariensisTrout codActinopterygiiConservationComing soonContigAGI Team
Maccullochella peelii peeliiMurray codActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Macquaria ambiguaGolden perchActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Macquaria australasicaMacquarie perchActinopterygiiConservationComing soonContigAGI Team
Melanotaenia fluviatilisMurray river rainbowfishActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Melanotaenia splendida tateiDesert rainbowfishActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Misgurnus anguillicaudatusOriental weatherloachActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Mogurnda adspersaSouthern purple-spotted gudgeonActinopterygiiConservationComing soonContigAGI Team
Monomorium liliuokalaniiLiliuokalani antInsectaBiosecurityComing soonContig Ben Hoffmann
Monoplex parthenopeusGiant tritonGastropodaEnvironmentComing soonScaffold Cherie Motti
Mordacia mordaxShort headed lampreyHyperoartiaEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Mordacia praecoxNon-parasitic lampreyHyperoartiaEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Musca vetustissimaAustralian bush flyInsectaEnvironmentData generationScaffoldJuan David Lobarton
Myzus persicaeGreen peach aphidInsectaAgricultureComing soonContigAGI Team
Nannoperca australisSouthern pygmy perchActinopterygiiConservationComing soonContigAGI Team
Nannoperca obscuraYarra pygmy perchActinopterygiiConservationComing soonContigAGI Team
Nannoperca oxleyanaOxleyan pygmy perchActinopterygiiConservationComing soonContigAGI Team
Nematalosa erebiBony herringActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Neosilurus hyrtliiHyrtl’s tandanActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Nysius vinitorRutherglen BugInsectaAgricultureComing soonScaffold James Hereward
Oncorhynchus mykissRainbow troutActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Onthophagus vaccaDung beetleInsectaAgricultureComing soonScaffold Matt Morgan
Oryctes rhinocerosCoconut rhinoceros beetleInsectaBiosecurityComing soonScaffoldWee Tek-Tay
Oryctolagus cuniculusEuropean rabbitMammaliaBiosecurityComing soonContig Tanja Strive
Paratya australiensisFreshwater shrimpMalacostracaEcotoxicologyComing soonChromosome Anu Kumar
Pediculus humanus capitisHead louseInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Perca fluviatilisEuropean perchActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Pezoporus wallicusEastern Ground ParrotAvesConservationComing soonChromosome Leo Joseph
Pheidole megacephalaAfrican big-headed antInsectaBiosecurityComing soonContig Ben Hoffmann
Phenacoccus solenopsisCotton mealybugInsectaAgricultureComing soonContigJamie Hopkinson
Philypnodon grandicepsFlathead gudgeonActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Philypnodon macrostomusDwarf flathead gudgeonActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Phoracantha sp MaleLongicorn BeetleInsectaConservationComing soonScaffold Matthew Brookhouse
Pocillopora verrucosaCauliflower coralHexacoralliaEnvironmentComing soonScaffoldUQ/AIMS
Prototroctes maraenaAustralian graylingActinopterygiiConservationComing soonContigAGI Team
Pseudaphritis urvilliiCongolliActinopterygiiConservationComing soonContigAGI Team
Raphanus raphanistrumWild radishBrassicaceaeBiosecurityAssembledChromosome Kumaran Nagalingam
Rattus rattusHouse ratMammaliaBiosecurityComing soonChromosomeAGI Team
Retropinna semoniAustralian smeltActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Rhinella marinaCanetoadAmphibiaBiosecurityComing soonScaffold Lee Rollins
Saccostrea cucullataOysterBivalviaEnvironmentData generationScaffold Sharon Hook
Saccostrea echinateOysterBivalviaEnvironmentData generationScaffold Sharon Hook
Saccostrea glomerataSydney rock oysterBivalviaEnvironmentData generationScaffold Sharon Hook
Salmo truttaBrown troutActinopterygiiEnvironmentComing soonContigAGI Team
Schistorhinotermes sp.TermiteInsectaCircular economyComing soonScaffold Gene Wijffels
Solenopsis geminataTropical fire antInsectaBiosecurityComing soonContig Ben Hoffmann
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall armywormInsectaBiosecurityPublic – refseqChromosomeAGI Team
Spodoptera lituraTobacco cutwormInsectaAgricultureComing soonScaffoldAGI Team
Stylophora pistillataHood coralInsectaConservationComing soonScaffoldUQ/AIMS
Sus scrofaFeral pigMammaliaBiosecurityComing soonContigAGI Team
Tandanus tandanusEel-tailed catfishActinopterygiiConservationComing soonContigAGI Team
Tasmannia lanceolataTasmanian pepperberryWinteraceaeConservationComing soonScaffold Alexandre Fournier-Level
Tenebrio molitorMealwormInsectaCircular economyComing soonScaffold Gene Wijffels
Tetramorium caldariumAntInsectaBiosecurityComing soonContig Ben Hoffmann
Thelymitra variegataQueen of ShebaOrchidaceaeConservationData generationScaffold Katharina Schulte
Tineola bisselliellaCommon clothes mothInsectaCircular economyComing soonScaffoldAGI Team
Tripteroides apicotriangulatusMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Tripteroides atripesMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Tripteroides punctolateralisMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Trogoderma granariumKhapra beetleInsectaBiosecurityComing soonScaffoldAGI Team
Verrallina lineataMosquitoInsectaHealthComing soonContigAGI Team
Vulpes vulpesRed foxMammaliaBiosecurityComing soonContigAGI Team
Ylistrum ballotiBallot’s saucer scallopBivalviaEnvironmentData generationScaffold Sharon Hook
Zophobas morioSuperworm larvaeInsectaCircular economyData generationScaffold Chris Rinke
Updated on 11 Nov 2022 by Gunjan Pandey