University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Department of Biology, Call Box 9000, Mayagüez, PR 00681, USA, Oakland University, Department of Biological Sciences, 118 Library Drive, Rochester, MI 48309, USA
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Department of Biology, Call Box 9000, Mayagüez, PR 00681, USA, Oakland University, Department of Biological Sciences, 118 Library Drive, Rochester, MI 48309, USA
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Department of Biology, Call Box 9000, Mayagüez, PR 00681, USA, Oakland University, Department of Biological Sciences, 118 Library Drive, Rochester, MI 48309, USA, Uzhhorod National University, Faculty of Biology, Universytets’ka St, 14, Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia Oblast 88000, Ukraine
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Department of Biology, Call Box 9000, Mayagüez, PR 00681, USA, Oakland University, Department of Biological Sciences, 118 Library Drive, Rochester, MI 48309, USA, Uzhhorod National University, Faculty of Biology, Universytets’ka St, 14, Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia Oblast 88000, Ukraine
The mitochondrial genome of the long-spined black sea urchin, Diadema antillarum, was sequenced using Illumina next-generation sequencing technology. The complete mitogenome is 15,708 bp in length, containing two rRNA, 22 tRNA and 13 protein-coding genes, plus a noncoding control region of 133 bp. The nucleotide composition is 18.37% G, 23.79% C, 26.84% A and 30.99% T. The A + T bias is 57.84%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 12 complete mitochondrial genomes of sea urchins, including four species of the family Diadematidae, supported familial monophyly; however, the two Diadema species, D. antillarum and D. setosum were not recovered as sister taxa.
