Complete mitochondrial genomes of the black corals Alternatipathes mirabilis Opresko & Molodtsova, 2021 and Parantipathes larix (Esper, 1788) (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia, Antipatharia, Schizopathidae)

By

Cruz, Brendan
Cappelmann, Anneau
Chutjian, Hope
Roman, Jude C.
Reid, Mason A.
Wright, Jacob
Gonzalez, Aydanni D.
Keyman, Taylor
Griffith, Kierstin
Appiah‑madson, Hannah J.
Distel, Daniel L.
Hayes, Vonda
Drewery, Jim
Pettay, D. Tye
Staton, Joe
Brugler, Mercer R.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1196

Pages

79--93

Subjects

antipatharian , genome skimming , holotype , intraspecific variation , Mitofinder , Parantipathes , Stauropathes arctica

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1196.116837

 

Abstract

We describe the complete mitogenomes of the black corals Alternatipathes mirabilis Opresko & Molodtsova, 2021 and Parantipathes larix (Esper, 1790) (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia, Antipatharia, Schizopathidae). The analysed specimens include the holotype of Alternatipathes mirabilis, collected from Derickson Seamount (North Pacific Ocean; Gulf of Alaska) at 4,685 m depth and a potential topotype of Parantipathes larix, collected from Secca dei Candelieri (Mediterranean Sea; Tyrrhenian Sea; Salerno Gulf; Italy) at 131 m depth. We also assemble, annotate and make available nine additional black coral mitogenomes that were included in a recent phylogeny (Quattrini et al. 2023b), but not made easily accessible on GenBank. This is the first study to present and compare two mitogenomes from the same species of black coral (Stauropathes arctica (Lütken, 1871)) and, thus, place minimum boundaries on the expected level of intraspecific variation at the mitogenome level. We also compare interspecific variation at the mitogenome-level across five different specimens of Parantipathes Brook, 1889 (representing at least two different species) from the NE Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.