Complete mitochondrial genome of the Mexican marine littoral hygrophilous Spinactaletes boneti (Collembola: Actaletidae) and its phylogenetic placement

Abstract

Spinactaletes boneti mitochondrial genome was assembled and annotated. It has 14,766 bp in length, all 37 genes are present and the gene order is the same as the Pancrustacean ancestral gene order. Phylogenetic analyses based on maximum likelihood placed the species as a sister group of the remaining Entomobryomorpha, not closely related to the Isotomoidea superfamily, contradicting the actual systematics of the group.

Keywords:

• Mitogenome
• Actaletidae
• intertidal zone
• Mexico

Ethics statement

Permit to collected Spinactaletes boneti specimens in Mexico was SEMARNAT: SGPA/DGVS/04902/19, given to our colleague Dr. Margarita Ojeda. The field studies did not involve endangered or protected species. The sequenced species is common in Mexico, and is not included in the “List of Protected Animals in Mexico”.

Author contributions

Y.B. and J.P. collected the specimen, concepted and designed the idea; N.N.G. analyzed and interpretated the data; Y.B., Y.G., J.P. and N.N.G. were responsible for the drafting of the paper, for revising it and for the final approval; all authors agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability statement

The mitogenome 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. OM063156. The associated **BioProject**, **SRA**, and **Bio-Sample** numbers are PRJNA792924, SRR17381101, and SAMN24475446 respectively.

Additional information

Funding

This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [no: 32170471], the Research Foundation of Shanghai Science and Technology Museum and Postdoctoral fund of Haibo Program of Pudong New Area in 2021.