Abstract
In this study, we determined the complete mitochondrial genome of the Loligo opalescence. The genome was 17,370 bp in length and contained 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and 3 main non-coding regions. The composition and order of genes, were similar to most other invertebrates. The overall base composition of L. opalescence is A 38.62%, C 19.40%, T 32.37% and G 9.61%, with a highly A + T bias of 70.99%. All of the three control regions (CR) contain termination-associated sequences and conserved sequence blocks. This mitogenome sequence data would play an important role in the investigation of phylogenetic relationship, taxonomic resolution and phylogeography of the Loliginidae.
Declaration of interest
The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. This study was supported by Scientific Research Foundation (SRF), Zhejiang Ocean University; National Project of Scientific and Technical Supporting Programs Funded by Ministry of Science & Technology of China (No.2011BAD13B08); Public science and technology research funds projects of ocean (No. 201405014); Major projects of Zhejiang ocean University (No. X12D01).