The first mitochondrial genome of Megabalanus tintinnabulum (Sessilia: Balanidae) from China: phylogeny within Cirripedia based on mitochondrial genes

Meiping Feng; Shiquan Lin; Chunsheng Wang; Dong Sun; Yadong Zhou; Yuanxin Bi; Kaida Xu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1688104

The first mitochondrial genome of Megabalanus tintinnabulum (Sessilia: Balanidae) from China: phylogeny within Cirripedia based on mitochondrial genes

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Nov 13;4(2):4016-4018. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1688104.

Authors

Meiping Feng^{1

2

3}, Shiquan Lin¹, Chunsheng Wang^{1

4}, Dong Sun¹, Yadong Zhou¹, Yuanxin Bi³, Kaida Xu³

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, State Oceanic Administration & Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, PR China.
² College of Marine Ecology and Environment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, PR China.
³ Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, PR China.
⁴ School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, PR China.

Abstract

Here we present the complete mitochondrial genome of Megabalanus tintinnabulum. The genome is 15,107 bp in length with a 67.35% AT content. It contains 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 rRNAs genes, and 22 tRNAs. Both rRNAs are encoded on the light strand, as in the other crustacean and barnacle mitochondrial genomes. Besides five tRNAs are encoded on the light strand (nad1, trnV, trnL1, trnC, trnQ, and trnK). Only one PCG is encoded on the light strand (nad1), whereas the other 12 PCGs are located on the heavy strand, which is consistent with M. ajax. Phylogenetic analysis based on mitochondrial PCGs shows that M. tintinnabulum is clustered with M. ajax into a branch (BP = 100), and the group with M. volcano with high support. This study contributes to further phylogenetic analysis within Cirripedia.

Keywords: Cirripedia; Megabalanus tintinnabulum; barnacle; mitochondrial genome; phylogeny.