The complete mitochondrial genome of the plumed worm Diopatra cuprea (Annelida: Onuphidae)

Abstract

In this study, we describe the complete mitochondrial genome of Diopatra cuprea (Bosc, 1802). The mitogenome was found to contain 14,990 base pairs (67.53% A + T content), with a total of 37 genes (13 protein coding, 22 transfer RNAs, and 2 ribosomal RNAs). This study also examined mitogenome phylogenetics relationships of closely related species and recovered that D. cuprea is closely related to eunicids. This work has added to the genetic resources for furthering evolutionary studies of Annelida.

Keywords:

• mtDNA
• Gulf of Mexico
• phylogenetics
• evolution

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings are openly available in NCBI (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/), reference number (MZ434957). The associated BioProject, SRA, and Bio-Sample numbers are PRJNA731158, SRR14596718, and SAMN19272656 respectively.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) grant funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) [No. 2T34GM110517-07S1].