Complete mitochondrial genome of the jellyfish, Rhopilema esculentum Kishinouye 1891 (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) and the phylogenetic relationship in the related species

Yantao Wang; Song Sun

doi:10.1080/23802359.2017.1303342

Complete mitochondrial genome of the jellyfish, Rhopilema esculentum Kishinouye 1891 (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) and the phylogenetic relationship in the related species

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2017 Mar 23;2(1):167-168. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1303342.

Authors

Yantao Wang^{1

2}, Song Sun^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.
² Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.
³ Jiaozhou Bay Marine Ecosystem Research Station, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of Rhopilema esculentum collected from Jiaozhou Bay, China, was determined by next-generation sequencing. The mitogenome is a circular molecule 15,855 bp in length, including 13 protein-coding genes (Cox 1, Cox2, Atp 8, Atp 6, Cox 3, ND2, ND5, ND 6, ND3, ND4L, ND1,ND4, Cytb), 5 tRNAs (tRNA-Trp, tRNA-Met, tRNA-Leu, tRNA-Ser, tRNA-Gln), 2 rRNA genes (small subunit RNA and large subunit RNA) and 1 putative control region. The phylogenetic tree in the related species showed that R. esculentum is close to Nemopilema nomurai.

Keywords: Rhopilema esculentum; mitochondrial genome; next generation sequencing; phylogenetic relationship.