Characterization of the complete mitogenome of the estuarine benthic ribbon worm Yininemertes pratensis (Sun and Lu 1998) (Nemertea: Lineidae)

Abstract

The complete mitogenome of the estuarine ribbon worm Yininemertes pratensis (Sun and Lu 1998) (Nemertea: Lineidae) was sequenced for the first time in the present study. The total length of the newly sequenced mitogenome is 15,616 bp, and it includes 13 protein-coding, 2 rRNA, and 24 tRNA genes, in addition to a noncoding region of 571 bp. The phylogenetic position of Y. pratensis was examined through maximum-likelihood analysis using a concatenated dataset of 13 protein-coding genes from seven selected nemertean species. Yininemertes pratensis is placed within the pilidiophoran group and is closely related to Lineus alborostratus among the selected nemerteans. The newly determined mitogenome sequence will further our knowledge for future phylogenetic and ecological studies of this species.

Keywords:

• Yininemertes pratensis
• ribbon worm
• complete mitogenome
• Nemertea

Disclosure statement

No potential conflicts of interest are reported by the authors.

Data availability statement

Mitogenome data supporting this study are openly available in GenBank at nucleotide database, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MW381012.1, Associated BioProject, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/?term=PRJNA740112, BioSample accession number at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/?term=SAMN19820787 and Sequence Read Archive at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/?term=SRR14887747.

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Funding

This work was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Biological Resources [Grant no. NIBR202006101]. This work was also partially supported by the National Marine Biodiversity Institute Research Program [MABIK no. 2021M00100].