Complete mitochondrial genome analysis of Distolasterias nipon (Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Forcipulatida)

Taekjun Lee; Sook Shin

doi:10.1080/23802359.2018.1501313

Complete mitochondrial genome analysis of Distolasterias nipon (Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Forcipulatida)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2018 Oct 25;3(2):1290-1291. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2018.1501313.

Authors

Taekjun Lee^{1

2}, Sook Shin^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Marine Biological Resource Institute, Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea.
² Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
³ Department of Chemistry Life Science, Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

In this study, we determined the complete mitochondrial genome sequences of Distolasterias nipon belonging to the class Asteroidea in the phylum Echinodermata. The complete mitogenome of D. nipon was 16,193 bp in length and consisted of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNAs, and 2 rRNAs. The orders of PCGs and rRNAs were identical to those of the eight recorded mitogenomes of asteroids. The phylogenetic tree determined by the maximum likelihood method revealed that D. nipon was clearly grouped with Aphelasterias japonica and Asterias amurensis, which belong to the family Asteriidae.

Keywords: Asteriidae; Complete mitogenome; Echinodermata; Sea star.