The complete mitochondrial genome of Sinularia humilis van Ofwegen, 2008 (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea)

Chaojie Yang; Zhongjie Wu; Yujing Huang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2095232

The complete mitochondrial genome of Sinularia humilis van Ofwegen, 2008 (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Jul 19;7(7):1299-1301. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2095232. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Chaojie Yang¹, Zhongjie Wu², Yujing Huang¹

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Utilization and Conservation for Tropical Marine Bioresources (Hainan Tropical Ocean University), Ministry of Education, Sanya, China.
² Hainan Academy of Ocean and Fisheries Sciences, Haikou, China.

Abstract

In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Sinularia humilis van Ofwegen, 2008 was determined using next-generation sequencing (NGS) method. The mitogenome of S. humilis is 18,743 bp in length, containing 14 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two ribosomal RNAs (rRNA) and one tRNA (tRNA-Met), which has same gene order with other species of Sinularia. ATG was determined as start codon in all 14 PCGs. Eight TAG, five TAA, and one incomplete codons (T-) were found as stop codon. Phylogenetic analysis of the small number of available mitogenomes showed that S. humilis is closely related to Sinularia ceramensis and Sinularia peculiaris.

Keywords: Mitogenome; Sinularia humilis; phylogenetic; soft coral.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Major Science and Technology Projects in Hainan Province in 2019: ‘Study on important biological resources and environmental adaptability of deep sea and islands and reefs in the South China Sea—Genetic diversity and environmental adaptability of coral reefs in the South China Sea’ [No. ZDKJ2019011-03-02] and Hainan Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Biotechnology, Tropical Marine Biological Research Station in Hainan.