The complete mitochondrial genome of sponge Tethya sp. (Demospongiae, Tethyida, Tethyidae)

Yuan Zhang; Dan Huang; Dexiang Wang; Shaoxiong Ding

doi:10.1080/23802359.2016.1186518

The complete mitochondrial genome of sponge Tethya sp. (Demospongiae, Tethyida, Tethyidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2016 Jul 10;1(1):472-474. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1186518.

Authors

Yuan Zhang^{1

2}, Dan Huang^{1

2}, Dexiang Wang^{1

2}, Shaoxiong Ding²

Affiliations

¹ Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Coastal Ecology and Environmental Studies, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
² Marine Biodiversity and Global Change Research Center, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of Tethya sp. was studied. This is the second complete mitochondrial report on the family Tethyidae. The mitochondrial genome of Tethya sp. is 20,582 bp in length, containing 14 protein-coding genes and 25 tRNA genes, with 2 rRNA genes. Our phylogenetic result suggested that Tethya sp. converged well with Tethya actinia, which further verified the morphological result. We anticipate our study to shed light on future molecular studies of demosponges.

Keywords: Demosponge; Tethya sp.; mitogenome; sponge.