NTR: cnidarian polyp stage

Hello UBERON Team,

There are some recent transcriptomic datasets for cnidarian species that may benefit from improved anatomical and developmental stage representation:

• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41612263/
  and the related dataset in SRA https://trace.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Traces/?study=SRP623953

• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38743049/
  and the related dataset in SRA https://trace.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Traces/?study=SRP426784

For example:
“we profiled gene expression in Acropora millepora across 26 life stages from unfertilised eggs to juvenile polyps”

Currently, I am limited to annotating the ‘polyp’ samples using only very general terms such as:

• UBERON:0000468 ! multicellular organism
• UBERON:0000092 ! post-embryonic stage

I would like to ask whether it would be possible to add a more specific class:

cnidarian polyp stage
Def:'A post-embryonic life stage of a cnidarian organism characterized by a sessile, radially symmetric body form with an oral-aboral axis, a gastrovascular cavity, and tentacles surrounding the oral opening.'
synonym: "polyp stage" EXACT []
synonym: "polyp form stage" RELATED []
synonym: "sessile polyp stage" RELATED []
is_a UBERON:0000092 ! post-embryonic stage

Thank you very much in advance for your feedback

Anne

Start by reviewing the proposed “cnidarian polyp stage” class, definition, synonyms, and is_a relationship in the issue. Check the UBERON ontology conventions for adding a developmental-stage term, then verify that the new class represents the described polyp samples and has the requested parent relationship.