Complete mitochondrial genome of Paralvinella palmiformis (Polychaeta: Alvinellidae)

Abstract

We report the complete circular mitochondrial genome of the hydrothermal vent polychaete Paralvinella palmiformis (Annelida: Terebellida: Alvinellidae). The mitochondrial genome is 16386 bp in length with a GC content of 38.8%. It contains 36 genes, including 13 protein-coding sequences, 2 rRNA and 21 tRNA genes.

Keywords:

• Deep-sea
• hydrothermal vent annelid
• mitochondria

Disclosure statement

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

Author contributions

MP designed the study, analyzed the data and drafted the manuscript, HW and BA critically revised the manuscript, P-YQ conceived the study and critically revised the manuscript. All authors have approved the final version of the paper and agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

Data availability statement

This mitochondrial genome was deposited in GenBank of NCBI under the following accessions (BioProject: PRJNA786438, BioSample: SAMN23672631, Accession: OL802212). The P. palmiformis specimen and its DNA were deposited in the archives of the Deep-Sea Omics lab, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology under the accession P08H-3 (contact: Eric Lau, [email protected]). Additional data that support the findings of this study (e.g., gene sequence alignments) are openly available at https://github.com/maepz/Ppalmiformis_mitogenome.

Correction Statement

This article has been republished with minor changes. These changes do not impact the academic content of the article.

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Verena Tunnicliffe, Rachel Boschen-Rose and the crews of the CCGS John P. Tully and ROV ROPOS for providing the P. palmiformis specimen.

Notes

1 Collection manager: Eric Lau, [email protected]

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by grants from the Major Basic and Applied Research Projects of Guangdong Province [2019B030302004-04], Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) [GML2019ZD0409], and the Hong Kong Branch of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) [SMSEGL20SC01] awarded to P-YQ, the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (N°238600) awarded to BA, and ComputeCanada computational resources. MP received support from the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et Technologie and Quebec Center for Biodiversity Science’s international internship award.