First transcriptome assembly of a newly discovered vent mussel, Gigantidas vrijenhoeki, at Onnuri Vent Field on the northern Central Indian Ridge

This is the first report of a transcriptome assembly newly discovered hydrothermal vent mussel, Gigantidas vrijenhoeki (Bivalvia: Mytilidae), on Central Indian Ridge. was identified from material collected at Onnuri Vent Field (OVF) Ridge in 2018, and reported as new species, distinct another dominant Bathymodiolus marisindicus, 2020. We sequenced G. using Illumina HiSeq X System. De novo analysis coding regions predicted 25,405 genes, 84.76% which annotated by public databases. The will be valuable resource studying ecological biological characteristics this other deep-sea mussels. These data should also support investigation relationship between environmental conditions vents unique distribution OVF