The first complete mitochondrial genome of Actinopyga from Actinopyga echinites (Aspidochirotida: Holothuriidae)

Shengping Zhong; Lianghua Huang; Yonghong Liu; Guoqiang Huang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1710598

The first complete mitochondrial genome of Actinopyga from Actinopyga echinites (Aspidochirotida: Holothuriidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jan 27;5(1):854-855. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1710598.

Authors

Shengping Zhong^{1

2}, Lianghua Huang¹, Yonghong Liu¹, Guoqiang Huang¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Marine Drugs, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, China.
² Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Guangxi Institute of Oceanology, Beihai, China.

Abstract

The deep-water redfish, Actinopyga echinites, is an ecologically and economically important holothuroid in China due to its valuable nutrition and pharmacological compounds. However, the taxonomy and phylogeny of the Actinopyga have been debated and misidentifications have been reported recently. Moreover, there remain considerable doubts about cryptic species complex within Actinopyga. In this study, we report the first complete mitochondrial genome of Actinopyga from A. echinites. The mitogenome has 15,619 base pairs (62.9% A + T content) and made up of a total of 37 genes (13 protein-coding, 22 transfer RNAs, and 2 ribosomal RNAs), and a putative control region. This study was the first available complete mitogenome of Actinopyga and will provide useful genetic information for future phylogenetic and taxonomic classification of Holothuriidae.

Keywords: Actinopyga echinites; Holothuroidea; Mitochondrial genome.

Grants and funding

This work was financially supported by Scientific Research and Technology Development Program of Guangxi [Grant No. AB16380105], Science and Technology Major Project of Guangxi [Grant No. AA17204088], the Fundamental Research Funds for Guangxi Academy of Sciences [Grant No. 2017YJJ23001], the Team Research Funds for Institute of marine drugs Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine [Grant No. 2018ZD005-A10, 2018ZD005-A20], and the National Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System Guangxi Innovation Team [Grant No. nycytxgxcxtd-14-06].