We present a genome assembly from an individual Lycopodina hypogea (carnivorous sponge; Porifera; Demospongiae; Poecilosclerida; Cladorhizidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 235.10 megabases. Most of the assembly (98.85%) is scaffolded into 15 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 31.1 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly by Ensembl identified 16 317 protein-coding genes. From the metagenome data we recovered 39 bins, of which 27 were high-quality MAGs, including four fully circularised genomes. The MAGs included archaea and bacteria involved in nitrification and sulfate-reduction as well as known sponge symbionts affiliated with Gammaproteobacteria ( Candidatus Spongiihabitans, Porisulfidus) and Acidimicrobiales ( Candidatus Poriferisodalaceae), among others.
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