Complete mitochondrial genome sequences of Atlantic representatives of the invasive Pacific coral species Tubastraea coccinea and T. tagusensis (Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae): Implications for species identification

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dc.citation.issue2
dc.citation.volume590
dc.contributor.authorCapel, Kátia Cristina Cruz
dc.contributor.authorMigotto, Álvaro Esteves
dc.contributor.authorZilberberg, Carla
dc.contributor.authorLin, Mei Fang
dc.contributor.authorForsman, Zac
dc.contributor.authorMiller, David John
dc.contributor.authorKitahara, Marcelo Visentini [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.coverageAmsterdam
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-31T12:47:48Z
dc.date.available2020-07-31T12:47:48Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractMembers of the azooxanthellate coral genus Tubastraea are invasive species with particular concern because they have become established and are fierce competitors in the invaded areas in many parts of the world. Pacific Tubastraea species are spreading fast throughout the Atlantic Ocean, occupying over 95% of the available substrate in some areas and out-competing native endemic species. Approximately half of all known coral species are azooxanthellate but these are seriously under-represented compared to zooxanthellate corals in terms of the availability of mitochondrial (mt) genome data. In the present study, the complete mt DNA sequences of Atlantic individuals of the invasive scleractinian species Tubastraea coccinea and Tubastraea tagusensis were determined and compared to the GenBank reference sequence available for a Pacific "T. coccinea" individual. At 19,094 bp (compared to 19,070 bp for the GenBank specimen), the mt genomes assembled for the Atlantic T. coccinea and T. tagusensis were among the longest sequence determined to date for "Complex" scleractinians. Comparisons of genomes data showed that the "T. coccinea" sequence deposited on GenBank was more closely related to that from Dendrophyllia arbuscula than to the Atlantic Tubastraea spp., in terms of genome length and base pair similarities. This was confirmed by phylogenetic analysis, suggesting that the former was misidentified and might actually be a member from the genus Dendrophyllia. In addition, although in general the COX1 locus has a slow evolutionary rate in Scleractinia, it was the most variable region of the Tubastraea mt genome and can be used as markers for genus or species identification. Given the limited data available for azooxanthellate corals, the results presented here represent an important contribution to our understanding of phylogenetic relationships and the evolutionary history of the Scleractinia. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Fed Rio de Janeiro, Dept Zool, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Sao Paulo, Ctr Biol Marinha, Sao Sebastiao, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationJames Cook Univ, Comparat Genom Ctr, Townsville, Qld, Australia
dc.description.affiliationJames Cook Univ, Dept Mol & Cell Biol, Townsville, Qld, Australia
dc.description.affiliationAcad Sinica, Biodivers Res Ctr, Taipei, Taiwan
dc.description.affiliationJames Cook Univ, ARC Ctr Excellence Coral Reef Studies, Townsville, Qld, Australia
dc.description.affiliationUniv Hawaii, Hawaii Inst Marine Biol, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
dc.description.affiliationUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Ciencias Mar, Santos, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespDepartment of Biosciences, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Santos, SP, Brazil
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)pt
dc.description.sponsorshipIDFAPESP: 2011/17537-1pt
dc.description.sponsorshipIDFAPESP: 2012/21583-1pt
dc.description.sponsorshipIDFAPESP: 2013/02696-2pt
dc.format.extent270-277
dc.identifierhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2016.05.034
dc.identifier.citationGene. Amsterdam, v. 590, n. 2, p. 270-277, 2016.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.gene.2016.05.034
dc.identifier.issn0378-1119
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/57097
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000381842700010
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier Science Bv
dc.relation.ispartofGene
dc.rightsAcesso restrito
dc.subjectSun-coralen
dc.subjectExotic speciesen
dc.subjectSouth Atlanticen
dc.subjectmt genomeen
dc.titleComplete mitochondrial genome sequences of Atlantic representatives of the invasive Pacific coral species Tubastraea coccinea and T. tagusensis (Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae): Implications for species identificationen
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