The complete mitochondrial genomes of two chiton species (Sypharochiton pelliserpentis and Sypharochiton sinclairi) obtained using Illumina next generation sequencing

Abstract

Using an Illumina platform, we shot-gun sequenced the complete mitochondrial genomes of two sister chiton species (Sypharochiton pelliserpentis and Sypharochiton sinclairi) to an average coverage of 172× and 60×, respectively. We performed a de novo assembly using SOAPdenovo2 and determined the total mitogenome lengths to be 15,048 and 15,028 bps, respectively. The gene organization was similar to that of other chitons, with 13 protein-coding genes, 24 transfer RNAs and 2 ribosomal RNAs. These data will contribute for resolving the taxonomy and population genetic structures of these species.

• Chitonidae
• cryptic species
• mitochondrial genome

Acknowledgements

Authors thank New Zealand Genomics Ltd; the Centre for Genomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics.

Declaration of interest

This study was supported by the University of Auckland.