Bugula neritina isolate:Kwan_BN1 Genome sequencing and assembly

Many animal phyla have no representatives within the catalog of whole metazoan genome sequences. This dataset fills in one gap with a complete genome of Bugula neritina (phylum Bryozoa). This species stands prominently outside ecology and into biomedical realms due to its production of potentially therapeutic bryostatins. Here we present a draft assembly of the B.neritina genome obtained from PacBio and Illumina HiSeq data, as well as genes and proteins predicted de novo and verified using transcriptome data.