Complete mitochondrial genome of the sea anemone, Anthopleura midori (Actiniaria: Actiniidae)

Abstract

Here we sequenced and characterized the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Anthopleura midori from Weihai, China. This is the first species with sequenced mitogenome of genus Anthopleura. The A. midori mitogenome is 20 039 bp in length (GenBank accession no. KT989511). The overall base composition of the H-strand is 26.81% A, 17.45% C, 21.52% G, and 34.22% T. The base composition clearly showed the A–T skew. Similar to most other sea anemone in family Actiniidae, it contains 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNAs, 2 tRNAs, and some non-coding regions. The circular mitogenome codes entirely on the heavy strand and ND5 and COI genes were embedded by an intron. Phylogenetic analyses show that A. midori is related most closely to Phymanthus crucifer.

Keywords:

• Actiniidae
• Anthopleura midori
• complete mitochondrial genome

Declaration of interest

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