The complete mitochondrial genome of Acanthosentis cheni (Acanthocephala: Quadrigyridae)

Rui Song; Dong Zhang; Shiming Deng; Deming Ding; Fuchu Liao; Lusha Liu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2016.1197076

The complete mitochondrial genome of Acanthosentis cheni (Acanthocephala: Quadrigyridae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2016 Oct 29;1(1):797-798. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1197076.

Authors

Rui Song¹, Dong Zhang², Shiming Deng¹, Deming Ding¹, Fuchu Liao¹, Lusha Liu³

Affiliations

¹ Hunan Fisheries Science Institute, Changsha, China.
² The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.
³ Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China.

Abstract

Acanthosentis cheni is a marine or brackish acanthocephalan found in fish. The complete mitochondrial genome of A. cheni (Acanthocephala: Quadrigyridae) is first sequenced. It is a circular molecule of 13,695 bp in size and consists of 12 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 20 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes. Except tRNA-Gln, all other mitochondrial genes were encoded on the heavy strand. The gene order and orientation of A. cheni mitogenome are basically identical to that of other acanthocephala. This study will facilitate the further research of the population genetics of this species and systematic analyses of the acanthocephala.

Keywords: Acanthosentis cheni; mitogenomics; parasite; phylogeny.