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Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genomes of Corynosoma bullosum (von Linstow, 1892) and C. evae Zdzitowiecki, 1984 (Acanthocephala: Polymorphida), and the phylogenetic implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2025

Y.-Y. Xie ,
H.-X. Chen ,
T. A. Kuzmina ,
O. Lisitsyna  and
L. Li Open the ORCID record for L. Li [Opens in a new window]
Y.-Y. Xie
Affiliation:
Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, 050024 Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, P. R. China Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco‐Environment; 050024 Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, P. R. China
H.-X. Chen
Affiliation:
Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, 050024 Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, P. R. China Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco‐Environment; 050024 Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, P. R. China
T. A. Kuzmina
Affiliation:
I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 15, Bogdan Khmelnytsky Street, Kyiv, 01030, Ukraine Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, Kosice, 04001, Slovakia
O. Lisitsyna
Affiliation:
I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 15, Bogdan Khmelnytsky Street, Kyiv, 01030, Ukraine
L. Li*
Affiliation:
Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, 050024 Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, P. R. China Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco‐Environment; 050024 Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, P. R. China
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Corresponding author: L. Li; Email: liangliangex369@126.com
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Abstract

Species of the genus Corynosoma (Acanthocephala: Polymorphida) mainly parasitize marine mammals and rarely marine birds, and are of veterinary and medical importance due to causing corynosomiasis in wildlife and humans. However, the current knowledge of the mitochondrial genomes and mitogenomic phylogeny of this group remains very insufficient. In the present study, the complete mitochondrial genomes of C. bullosum (von Linstow, 1892) and C. evae Zdzitowiecki, 1984 were sequenced and annotated for the first time. Both mitogenomes comprise 12 protein-coding genes (missing atp8), 22 tRNA genes, and 2 ribosomal RNAs (rrnS and rrnL), plus 2 non-coding regions (NCR1 and NCR2). Corynosoma bullosum has the largest mitogenome (14,879 bp) of any polymorphid species reported so far, while C. evae has the smallest (13,947 bp), except for Sphaerirostris lanceoides (Petrochenko, 1949). Comparative mitogenomic analysis also revealed the presence of distinct discrepancies in A + T content and gene rearrangement across the families Polymorphidae, Centrorhynchidae, and Plagiorhynchidae. Moreover, phylogenetic analyses based on the concatenated amino acid sequences of 12 protein-coding genes strongly supported the monophyly of the order Polymorphida and a close affinity between the families Polymorphidae and Centrorhynchidae in Polymorphida. The present mitogenomic phylogeny provides additional evidence for a sister relationship between the genera Corynosoma and Bolbosoma and demonstrated that C. evae has a closer relationship with C. villosum than C. bullosum in the genus Corynosoma.

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AcanthocephalaPolymorphidaeCorynosomamitochondrial genomephylogeny
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 99 , 2025 , e22
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