The Morphology, Mitogenome, Phylogenetic Position, and Symbiotic Bacteria of a New Species of Sclerolinum (Annelida Siboglinidae) in the South China Sea

Ting Xu, Yanan Sun, Zhi Wang, Arunima Sen, Pei Yuan Qian*, Jian Wen Qiu*

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Abstract

Sclerolinum annulatus n. sp. (Annelida: Siboglinidae) is described based on specimens collected from soft sediment of the Haima cold seep in the South China Sea. Morphologically, S. annulatus n. sp. is distinct in having a tube with transverse rings and a forepart (i.e., anterior region) containing one arched row of elongated plaques on both sides of the dorsal furrow. Genome skimming, assembly, and annotation produced a nearly complete mitogenome of S. annulatus n. sp. with 15,553 bp nucleotides that encodes 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNA, and 22 tRNA. Phylogenetic analyses based on the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (cox1) gene and a concatenated dataset comprising the mitochondrial cox1 and 16S rRNA genes along with the nuclear 18S rRNA gene both strongly support the placement of S. annulatus n. sp. in the genus Sclerolinum Southward, 1961. Based on cox1, S. annulatus n. sp. is most closely related to an undescribed siboglinid from off Kushiro in Japan (“Pogonophora” sp. Kushiro-SK-2003). Transmission electron microscopy, microbial 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing, phylogenetic reconstruction, and stable isotope analyses together indicate that S. annulatus n. sp. hosts a single phylotype of sulfur-oxidizing endosymbionts.

Original languageEnglish
Article number793645
Number of pages18
JournalFrontiers in Marine Science
Volume8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Feb 2022

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Aquatic Science
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
  • Ocean Engineering

User-Defined Keywords

  • chemosynthesis
  • deep-sea
  • Haima cold seep
  • siboglinid
  • sulfur-oxidizing bacteria

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