Mitochondrial genome of Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791) (Sabellida: Sabellidae)

Guillemine Daffe; Yanan Sun; Shane T Ahyong; Elena K Kupriyanova

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1872431

Mitochondrial genome of Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791) (Sabellida: Sabellidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Feb 11;6(2):499-501. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1872431.

Authors

Guillemine Daffe¹, Yanan Sun^{2

3}, Shane T Ahyong^{2

4}, Elena K Kupriyanova^{2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, INRAE, Université La Rochelle, Pessac, France.
² Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia.
³ Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.
⁴ School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia.
⁵ Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

Abstract

We report the mitochondrial genome of Sabella spallanzanii, an invasive Mediterranean sabellid introduced to Australia and New Zealand. The mitogenome is 15,581 bp long and consists of 38 genes, including 13 protein coding genes, two rRNA genes, and 23 tRNA genes. It shows deviations from the putative annelid ground pattern, such as gene order re-arrangements and regions encoding on the negative strand. It is, however, very different from the mitogenome of the closely related serpulid, Spirobranchus giganteus. Phylogenetic analyses of the mitochondrial genes support a sister relationship of Sabella spallanzanii and Spirobranchus giganteus.

Keywords: Annelida; Polychaeta; mitogenome.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the French State in the frame of the “Investments for the future” Programme IdEx Bordeaux under Grant ANR-10-IDEX-03-02 (Guillemine Daffe); Australian Biological Resource Survey (ABRS) under Grants RF213-19 and RG18-21, and Australian Museum Foundation grant (Elena Kupriyanova and Shane T. Ahyong).