Complete mitochondrial genomes of two species of Stichopathes Brook, 1889 (Hexacorallia: Antipatharia: Antipathidae) from Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

Abstract

We report the complete mitochondrial genomes of two antipatharian species, Stichopathes sp. SCBUCN-8849 and Stichopathes sp. SCBUCN-8850, collected between 120 and 180 m depth off Rapa Nui (∼ −27.1°, −109.4°). The size of the two mitogenomes are 20,389 bp (29.0% A, 15.2% C, 19.9% G, and 35.9% T) and 20,463 bp (29.0% A, 15.3% C, 19.9% G, and 35.8% T), respectively. Both mitogenomes have the classic Hexacorallia gene content of 13 protein-coding, two rRNA, and two tRNA genes plus a COX1 intron with embedded HEG as found in the Antipathidae and other antipatharian families.

Keywords:

• Black coral
• Easter Island Ecoregion
• Chile
• mesophotic coral ecosystem
• Cirrhipathes
• Antipathes

Disclosure statement

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

Data availability statement

The mitochondrial genome sequence data that support the findings of this study are openly available in GenBank of NCBI at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov under the accession no. MZ157399-MZ157400. The associated voucher repository (Sala de Colecciones, UCN, Javier Sellanes, [email protected]) numbers are SCBUCN-8850 and SCBUCN-8849 respectively.

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Funding

This work was supported in part by grants FONDECYT [1181153], FONDEQUIP EQM [150109], and the Chilean Millennium Initiative, ESMOI. Additional support was provided through the Coral Reefs of the High Seas Coalition by Conservation International, the Paul M. Angell Foundation, Alan Eustace, and Tom and Currie Barron. Some research expenses were supported by award [NA16SEC4810009] and New Hampshire-INBRE through an Institutional Development Award (IDeA) [P20GM103506] from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the NIH.