Description
The Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium (a.k.a. the EarthBioGenome Project Hong Kong) is a joint effort of eight local universities funded by the Hong Kong University Grants Committee (UGC). This project aims to sequence genomes of local animals, plants, and fungi in the local territory with a state-of-the-art genome sequencer and to form a local network of biodiversity genomic research hub. And is aligned with the aims of the Earth BioGenome Project, which has been described as a moonshot project for biology, aims to sequence, catalogue, and analyse the genomes of all eukaryotes on Earth.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 21 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium (2026). Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium. Version 1.0. GigaScience Press. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.taibif.tw/resource?r=ebphongkong2025&v=1.0
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is GigaScience Press. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: e29b2326-5c7a-4455-bbc3-0e21b52be1bd. GigaScience Press publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.
Keywords
Occurrence; sequence; Observation; sequence
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
Collected on land and shorelines of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [22.162, 113.821], North East [22.568, 114.478] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Plants, fungi and animal species collected in Hong Kong.
| Kingdom | Plantae, Fungi, Animalia |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2004-01-01 / 2023-12-31 |
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Project Data
The Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium (a.k.a. the EarthBioGenome Project Hong Kong) is a joint effort of eight local universities funded by the Hong Kong University Grants Committee (UGC). This project aims to sequence genomes of local animals, plants, and fungi in the local territory with a state-of-the-art genome sequencer and to form a local network of biodiversity genomic research hub. And is aligned with the aims of the Earth BioGenome Project, which has been described as a moonshot project for biology, aims to sequence, catalogue, and analyse the genomes of all eukaryotes on Earth.
| Title | Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium |
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| Funding | This work was funded and supported by the Hong Kong Research Grant Council Collaborative Research Fund (C4015-20EF), CUHK Strategic Seed Funding for Collaborative Research Scheme (3133356) and CUHK Group Research Scheme (3110154). |
| Study Area Description | Hong Kong |
Sampling Methods
Specimens were sequenced with the Pacific Biosciences SEQUEL IIe System, running for 30-hour movies to output HiFi reads. For more information on sample collection, DNA extraction and sequencing see the individual papers for each species to see the methods. https://doi.org/10.46471/GIGABYTE_SERIES_0006
| Study Extent | Specimens were collected across Hong Kong between 2015 and 2023. |
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Method step description:
- Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Series Page..GigaByte. 2024. https://doi.org/10.46471/GIGABYTE_SERIES_0006
Bibliographic Citations
- Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium, Genome assembly of the milky mangrove Excoecaria agallocha, Gigabyte, 2024. doi:10.46471/gigabyte.119 https://doi.org/10.46471/gigabyte.119
- Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium, Correction to: Chromosome-level genome assembly of the common chiton, Liolophura japonica (Lischke, 1873), Gigabyte, 2025. doi:10.46471/gigabyte.159 https://doi.org/10.46471/gigabyte.159
- Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium, Genome assembly of the edible jelly fungus Dacryopinax spathularia (Dacrymycetaceae), Gigabyte, 2024. doi:10.46471/gigabyte.120 https://doi.org/10.46471/gigabyte.120
- Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium, Chromosomal-level genome assembly of the long-spined sea urchin Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778), Gigabyte, 2024. doi:10.46471/gigabyte.121 https://doi.org/10.46471/gigabyte.121
- Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium, Chromosomal-level genome assembly of golden birdwing Troides aeacus (Felder & Felder, 1860), Gigabyte, 2024. doi:10.46471/gigabyte.122 https://doi.org/10.46471/gigabyte.122
- Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium, Genome assembly of the rare and endangered Grantham’s camellia, Camellia granthamiana, Gigabyte, 2024. doi:10.46471/gigabyte.124 https://doi.org/10.46471/gigabyte.124
- Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium, Chromosomal-level genome assembly and single-nucleotide polymorphism sites of black-faced spoonbill Platalea minor, Gigabyte, 2024. doi:10.46471/gigabyte.130 https://doi.org/10.46471/gigabyte.130
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | https://ipt.taibif.tw/resource?r=ebphongkong2025 |
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