The complete mitochondrial genome of an economic sea anemone (Paracondylactis sinensis) in the East China Sea

Junyuan Li; Yang Li; Tinghui Xie; Juan Feng; Xuyi Yang; Zifeng Zhan

doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2254464

The complete mitochondrial genome of an economic sea anemone (Paracondylactis sinensis) in the East China Sea

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2023 Sep 15;8(9):977-980. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2023.2254464. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Junyuan Li¹, Yang Li², Tinghui Xie¹, Juan Feng¹, Xuyi Yang¹, Zifeng Zhan²

Affiliations

¹ College of Agriculture and Bioengineering, Taizhou Vocational College of Science and Technology, Taizhou, China.
² Laboratory of Marine Organism Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Qingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.

Abstract

Paracondylactis sinensis Carlgren, 1934 (Actiniidae, Actiniaria) is an edible sea anemone in China. Their wild population has intensively decreased in recent years due to overharvesting. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of this economic species collected in the coast of Zhejiang, China is sequenced and obtained using high throughput methods. The total length of this circular molecule is 20,786 bp. Thirteen protein coding genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, two transfer RNA (tRNA^Trp, tRNA^Met) genes and a putative ORF are annotated in it. Phylogenetic analysis based on the amino acids of mitochondrial genomes indicates that this species belongs to the family of Actiniidae. This result is consistent with the previous work that identified the edible sea anemone as Paracondylactis sinensis although it has always been recognized as Calliactis sinensis (of family Hormathiidae) in most Chinese reports. Overall, the mitochondrial genome produced in this study assists in clarifying the phylogenetic status of this sea anemone and provides a molecular foundation for future protection and breeding work.

Keywords: Calliactis sinensis; Cereus sinensis; Paracondylactis sinensis; Sea anemone; economic species.

Grants and funding

This study was supported by the Science and Technology Program of Nanji Islands National Marine Nature Reserve Administration [No. JJZB-PYCG-2021112901] and the PhD startup Funds of Taizhou Vocational College of Science and Technology.