The first complete mitochondrial genome from the family Solasteridae, Crossaster papposus (Echinodermata, Asteroidea)

Sang-Eun Nam; Sung Ah Kim; Tae-Yoon S Park; Jae-Sung Rhee

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1846001

The first complete mitochondrial genome from the family Solasteridae, Crossaster papposus (Echinodermata, Asteroidea)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Jan 5;6(1):45-47. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1846001.

Authors

Sang-Eun Nam¹, Sung Ah Kim¹, Tae-Yoon S Park^{2

3}, Jae-Sung Rhee^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Marine Science, College of Natural Sciences, Incheon National University, Incheon, South Korea.
² Division of Polar Earth-System Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, South Korea.
³ Polar Science Department, University of Science & Technology, Daejeon, South Korea.
⁴ Research Institute of Basic Sciences, Incheon National University, Incheon, South Korea.

Abstract

The common sunstar, Crossaster papposus, belongs to the family Solasteridae whose ordinal classification has been unstable. Here, for the first time, we assembled and annotated the complete mitochondrial genome of the common sunstar, C. papposus Linnaeus, 1767. The circular genome of C. papposus is 16,335 bp in length and contains 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, a control region, and large and small ribosomal subunits. The overall genomic structure and gene arrangement were identical to the reported mitochondrial genomes of sea star species, and a phylogenetic analysis of 13 PCGs recovers a closest relationship with the derived cluster of the paraphyletic order Valvatida.

Keywords: Mitochondrion; Solasteridae; Valvatida; phylogeny; sunstar.

Grants and funding

This research was supported by Korea Polar Research Institute [PM20050] with the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (Project No. 20160247) of South Korea and was also supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education [NRF-2017R1A6A1A06015181].