Complete mitochondrial genome of leaf coral Pavona decussata (Scleractinia, Agariciidae)

Abstract

The leaf coral Pavona decussate is a wide-spread shallow-water species of genus Pavona within Agariciidae. In our study, the entire mitochondrial nucleotide sequence of P. decussate was determined. The sequence was 18,378 bp in length and contained 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes (small and large mitochondrial ribosomal RNA) and 2 transfer RNA genes (tRNA^Met and tRNA^Trp). The overall base composition of the mitogenome was 23.8% A, 35.4% T, 25.4% G, and 15.4% C, with a high AT content of 59.3%, which is typical for invertebrate mtDNA. It shared 97.9%, 96.2% and 89.3% mitogenome sequence with P. clavus, Agaricia humilis and Astreopora myriophthalma, respectively.

• Genetics
• mitogenome
• Pavona decussata
• scleractinian

Declarations of interest

The authors report no conflict of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

This study was supported by Basic Science Research Fund of the Third Institute of Oceanography, SOA (No. 2013025) and the Ocean Public Welfare Scientific Research Project of China (No. 201105012), Project 41406166 supported by NSFC and “Study on the Response and Acclimation of CTI Coral Reef Ecosystem to Global Change” supported by the International Cooperation and Performance of China.