The complete mitochondrial genome of Plumarella spinosa (Octocorallia: Calcaxonia: Primnoidae) from South Korea

Eun Hwa Choi; ChoRong Shin; Su Youn Baek; Jihye Hwang; Jumin Jun; Keum Hee Jang; Shi Hyun Ryu; Ui Wook Hwang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1715275

The complete mitochondrial genome of Plumarella spinosa (Octocorallia: Calcaxonia: Primnoidae) from South Korea

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jan 20;5(1):725-726. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1715275.

Authors

Eun Hwa Choi¹, ChoRong Shin², Su Youn Baek^{1

3}, Jihye Hwang¹, Jumin Jun⁴, Keum Hee Jang⁵, Shi Hyun Ryu⁶, Ui Wook Hwang^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology Education, Teachers College & Institute for Phylogenomics and Evolution, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
² School of Life Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
³ Institute for Korean Herb-Bio convergence promotion, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Animal Resources Division, National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
⁵ Research Center for Endangered Species, National Institute of Ecology, Seocheon-gun, Republic of Korea.
⁶ Freshwater Biodiversity Research Division, Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources, Sangju, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

Plumarella spinosa (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Primnoidae) is an endangered marine soft coral species discovered on a 50-100 m deep reefs in South Korea. We analyzed the mitochondrial genome sequence of this species. The genome size was 19,037 bp in length consisting of 14 protein coding genes (PCGs), two rRNA genes and a tRNA gene. Our phylogenetic analysis for this species with 33 Octocorallia species reconstructed based on the nucleotide sequences of 14 PCGs showed that P. spinosa was placed as a sister to Narella hawainensis and Primnoidae formed a monophyletic group.

Keywords: Plumarella spinosa; Primnoidae; mitochondrial genome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

The present work was supported by the grant ‘‘The Genetic Evaluation of Important Biological Resources [NIBR201703202]’’ funded by the National Institute of Biological Resources, Ministry of Environment, South Korea.