The complete mitogenome of brownbranded moon jellyfish Aurelia limbata (Cnidaria, Semaeostomeae, Ulmaridae) with phylogenetic analysis

Abstract

In this study, the complete mitogenome of brownbranded moon jellyfish Aurelia limbata (Cnidaria, Semaeostomeae, Ulmaridae) was sequenced and analyzed. The linear mitogenome is 16,953 bp long with 37.3% A, 16.8% C, 15.5% G, and 30.4% T nucleotide distributions. Total AT% content is 67.7%, which is the highest AT% content among available Aurelia species complete mitogenome records. Furthermore, phylogenetic relationships of A. limbata in the family Ulmaridae were investigated. According to protein-coding genes based phylogenetic tree, the A. aurita species collected from Korea water is the closest related species to A. limbata.

Keywords

• cnidaria
• semaeostomeae
• ulmaridae
• complete mitogenome
• aurelia limbata