The complete mitochondrial genome of Indo-Pacific soft coral Sinularia acuta Manuputty and van Ofwegen, 2007 (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea)

Chaojie Yang; Farnaz Mahmoudi Shikhsarmast; Chunzheng Fu; Chun-Yang Shen

doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2184658

The complete mitochondrial genome of Indo-Pacific soft coral Sinularia acuta Manuputty and van Ofwegen, 2007 (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2023 Mar 8;8(3):371-374. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2023.2184658. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Chaojie Yang¹, Farnaz Mahmoudi Shikhsarmast¹, Chunzheng Fu², Chun-Yang Shen³

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Utilization and Conservation for Tropical Marine Bioresources, Hainan Tropical Ocean University, Sanya, China.
² Institute of Sericulture, Chengde Medical University, Chengde, Hebei, China.
³ Department of Biology, Chengde Medical University, Chengde, Hebei, China.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the soft coral Sinularia acuta Manuputty and van Ofwegen, 2007 was sequenced and annotated using Illumina next-generation sequencing (NGS). The mitogenome of S. acuta was 18,730 bp in length and consisted of 14 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two ribosomal RNA genes (rRNA), and only one transfer RNA gene (tRNA-Met). The base composition was 30.18% A, 16.46% C, 19.35% G, and 34.00% T, with a total A + T content of 64.19%. The phylogenetic analysis demonstrated a close evolutionary relationship among Sinularia acuta, Sinularia penghuensis, and Sinularia maxima.

Keywords: Sinularia; Sinularia acuta; mitogenome; phylogenetic status; 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 the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province [Grant No. C2020406016].