Complete mitochondrial genome of Polymastia littoralis (Demospongiae, Polymastiidae)

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of Polymastia littoralis (Demospongiae, Polymastiidae) is reported here for the first time. The P. littoralis mitogenome is 21,719 bp base pairs in total length and includes 14 protein-coding gene sequences, small and large rRNA sequences, and 25 tRNA sequences. All genes are encoded on the heavy strand. There are two overlapping genes trnE and nad6.

• Demospongiae
• mitochondrial genome
• Polymastiidae
• Polymastia littoralis
• Porifera

Acknowledgements

We thank Carlos de Eguilior and Santiago Bueno from PhamaMar S.A. for the sample recollection and the taxonomic analysis provided.

Declaration of interest

This work was supported by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain under the program INNPACTO with the project number IPT-2011-0752-900000 (Bioketido). The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of this report.

Nucleotide sequence accession number

The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of P. littoralis has been assigned the GenBank number KJ129611.