Mitochondrial genomes of the freshwater sponges Spongilla lacustris and Ephydatia cf. muelleri

Warren Russell Francis; Michael Eitel; Sergio Vargas; Stefan Krebs; Helmut Blum; Gert Wörheide

doi:10.1080/23802359.2016.1157771

Mitochondrial genomes of the freshwater sponges Spongilla lacustris and Ephydatia cf. muelleri

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2016 Mar 29;1(1):250-251. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1157771.

Authors

Warren Russell Francis¹, Michael Eitel¹, Sergio Vargas¹, Stefan Krebs², Helmut Blum², Gert Wörheide^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Paleontology & Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
² Laboratory for Functional Genome Analysis (LAFUGA), Gene Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
³ GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
⁴ Bavarian State Collections for Paleontology and Geology, Munich, Germany.

Abstract

We report the mitochondrial genomes of two freshwater sponges, Spongilla lacustris and Ephydatia cf. muelleri. The genomes contain 14 protein-coding genes and are similar in structure to other published mitochondrial genomes from freshwater sponges. The E. cf. muelleri described here is remarkably similar in coding regions to the published genome, but differs in number and length of hairpin-forming repeats between genes.

Keywords: Freshwater; porifera; sponge; sympatric.