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Abstract
Dendrobaena veneta (Rosa, 1886) is widely distributed all over Europe due to its use as compost worm. The specimen presented here was collected in Tiranë district, Albania. Currently, only two species’ complete or nearly complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) sequences have been reported in the genus Dendrobaena; D. octaedra (Savigny, 1826) and D. tellermanica Perel, 1966. In this study, the complete mitogenome of D. veneta was sequenced, assembled, and annotated. The mitogenome of D. veneta is a circular DNA molecule, consisting of 15,475 bp with an A + T content of 61.2%. It contains 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, and 1 non-coding region (control region). Phylogenetic analysis showed that D. veneta is clustered with the other two Dendrobaena species in the well-supported family Lumbricidae.
Author contributions
Conceptualization, YH; methodology, JCK and CC; data analysis, CC, NJC, and JCK; investigation, CC, JCK, and TS; resources, TS; data curation, JCK and YH; original draft preparation, YH and JCK; review and editing, NJC and YH; project administration, YH and NJC; funding acquisition, YH. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Ethical approval
The samples used in this study are earthworms that are not included in the list of protected animals, and hence, the ethical statement is not applicable.
Disclosure statement
The authors report there are no competing interests to declare.
Data availability statement
The genome sequence data that support the findings of this study are openly available in GenBank of NCBI under accession No. OQ763213. The associated BioProject, SRA, and Bio-Sample numbers are PRJNA769829, SRR24457999, and SAMN34844758, respectively.