The complete mitochondrial genome of the 'solar-powered' sea slug Plakobranchus cf. ocellatus (Heterobranchia: Panpulmonata: Sacoglossa)

Carola Greve; Maximiliano Ruiz-Tagle Lui; Sugirthan Sivalingam; Kerstin U Ludwig; Heike Wägele; Alexander Donath

doi:10.1080/23802359.2016.1247667

The complete mitochondrial genome of the 'solar-powered' sea slug Plakobranchus cf. ocellatus (Heterobranchia: Panpulmonata: Sacoglossa)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2017 Feb 22;2(1):130-131. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1247667.

Authors

Carola Greve¹, Maximiliano Ruiz-Tagle Lui¹, Sugirthan Sivalingam^{2

3}, Kerstin U Ludwig^{2

3}, Heike Wägele¹, Alexander Donath¹

Affiliations

¹ Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research (zmb), Bonn, Germany.
² Life & Brain Center, Department of Genomics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
³ Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.

Abstract

We present the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Plakobranchus cf. ocellatus (Heterobranchia: Sacoglossa), a so-called 'solar-powered' sea slug with long-term retention of chloroplasts. The mitochondrial genome was 14,177 bp in length containing the standard set of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNAs, and 22 tRNAs. The base composition of 27.3% A, 15.6% C, 18.6% G, and 38.5% T showed a strong A + T bias. The genome organization of P. cf. ocellatus is identical to the other sacoglossan mitogenomes sequenced so far, except for Ascobulla fragilis.

Keywords: Gastropoda; Plakobranchus; cf. ocellatus; genome; kleptoplasty; mitochondrial; mollusca; sacoglossa.