The complete mitochondrial genome of Pink warty sea cucumber (Cercodemas anceps Selenka, 1867)

Huo Li; Jinshang Liu; Shengpeng Wang; Wen Huang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1891979

The complete mitochondrial genome of Pink warty sea cucumber (Cercodemas anceps Selenka, 1867)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Mar 18;6(3):959-961. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1891979.

Authors

Huo Li¹, Jinshang Liu^{1

2}, Shengpeng Wang¹, Wen Huang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Guangdong Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center, Doctoral Workstation of Guangdong Province, Guangdong Jinyang Biotechnology co. LTD, Maoming, China.
² Laboratory of Aquatic Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South China of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China.

Abstract

In this study, we sequenced the circular mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Cercodemas anceps. This genome was determined to measure 16,539 bp in length and contain 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNA genes, and 2 rRNA genes. The longest gene was observed to be nad5, which measures 1,641 bp in length and is located at position 6,540 ∼ 8,180 of the C. anceps mitogenome. One PCG, nad6, and five tRNA genes (tRNA^Ser(UCN) , tRNA^Gln , tRNA^Ala , tRNA^Val, and tRNA^Asp ) were located on the light chain, and the other genes were located on the heavy chain. A phylogenetic tree was constructed with the mitogenome sequences of 26 types of echinoderm species, and the results show that C. anceps is most closely related to C. quadrangularis.

Keywords: Cercodemas anceps; Holothuroidea; Mitochondrial genome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation under Grant [2020A1515011115], Guangdong Province Program under Grant [2015B090903035 and 2015B020231007], and Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Science Talent Introduction Program under Grant [R2020YJ-QG001].