The complete mitogenome of nereid worm, Neanthes glandicincta (Annelida: Nereididae)

Geng-Ming Lin; Gilbert Audira; Chung-Der Hsiao

doi:10.1080/23802359.2017.1361346

The complete mitogenome of nereid worm, Neanthes glandicincta (Annelida: Nereididae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2017 Jul 31;2(2):471-472. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1361346.

Authors

Geng-Ming Lin¹, Gilbert Audira², Chung-Der Hsiao^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Marine Biology and Ecology, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen, China.
² Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li, Taiwan.
³ Center for Biomedical Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li, Taiwan.
⁴ Center for Nanotechnology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li, Taiwan.

Abstract

In this study, the complete mitogenome sequence of nereid worm, Neanthes glandicincta (Annelida: Nereididae), has been decoded for the first time by PCR amplification and Sanger sequencing methods. The overall base composition of N. glandicincta mitogenome is 31.5% for A, 22.2% for C, 14.5% for G and 31.7% for T, and has GC content of 36.7%. The assembled mitogenome, consisting of 16,126 bp, has unique 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNAs and 2 ribosomal RNAs genes. The complete mitogenome of N. glandicincta shows 65% identities to Namalycastis abiuma. All PCGs, tRNA and rRNA genes were encoded on H-strand. The potential D-loop is 1625 bp in length and located between tRNA-Gly and tRNA-Met. The complete mitogenome provides essential and important DNA molecular data for further phylogenetic and evolutionary analysis for Annelida.

Keywords: Nereid worm; mitogenome; phylogeny.