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Complete mitogenome sequence of Caryophyllaeus brachycollis (Cestoda: Caryophyllidae) from China: Characterization and phylogenetic analyses of Caryophyllidea

Parasites, Hosts and Diseases 2025;63(4):317-326.
Published online: November 19, 2025

1Research Center for Parasites & Vectors, College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China

2Department of Parasitology, Xiangya School of Basic Medicine, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China

3College of Animal Science and Technology, Tarim University, Alaer 843300, China

*Correspondence: hmw, 1592614474@qq.com, ypd, ghost978106510@163.com

These authors contributed equally to this work.

• Received: June 29, 2025   • Accepted: August 3, 2025

© 2025 The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine

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Complete mitogenome sequence of Caryophyllaeus brachycollis (Cestoda: Caryophyllidae) from China: Characterization and phylogenetic analyses of Caryophyllidea
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Fig. 1 Mitogenome organization of Caryophyllaeus brachycollis isolate from China. Gene scaling is approximate. CD, coding region; NCR1, long noncoding region; NCR2, short noncoding region; tRNA, transfer RNA; rRNA, ribosomal RNA.
Fig. 2 Inferred phylogenetic relationships among species in the order Caryophyllidea. The concatenated amino acid sequences of 12 mitochondrial protein-coding genes were analyzed utilizing maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian analysis (BI) methods, with Paruterina candelabraria as the outgroup. The Caryophyllaeus brachycollis form was isolated from carp tapeworm in Beijing in this study.
Complete mitogenome sequence of Caryophyllaeus brachycollis (Cestoda: Caryophyllidae) from China: Characterization and phylogenetic analyses of Caryophyllidea

Complete mitogenome sequences of the order Caryophyllidea used for phylogenetic analysis

Family/order Species Size (bp) GenBank accession No.
Lytocestidae Khawia sinensis 13,759 NC034800
Atractolytocestys huronensis 15,130 NC035635

Caryophyllaeidae Caryophyllaeus brachycollis 14,504 NC035430
Parabreviscolex niepini 15,034 NC040117

Capingentidae Breviscolex orientalis 14,011 NC035634

Cyclophyllidea Paruterina candelabraria 13,634 NC039533

Comparative organization of the complete mitogenome of Caryophyllaeus brachycollis isolates from Beijing and Wuhan, China

Gene/region Positions Size (bp) No. of aa Ini/Ter codons Anticodons





CBCB CBCW CBCB CBCW CBCB CBCW CBCB CBCW CBCB/CBCW
cox3 1–643 1–643 643 643 214 214 ATT/T ATT/T

tRNA-His (H) 644–705 644–705 62 62 GTG

cytb 707–1825 707–1825 1,119 1,119 372 372 GTG/TAG GTG/TAG

nad4L 1828–2067 1828–2067 240 240 79 79 GTG/TAG GTG/TAG

nad4 2028–3260 2028–3260 1,233 1,233 410 410 ATG/TAG ATG/TAG

tRNA-Gln (Q) 3264–3318 3261–3322 55 63 TTG

tRNA-Phe (F) 3323–3377 3320–3382 55 63 GAA

tRNA-Met (M) 3378–3440 3378–3440 63 63 CAT

atp6 3444–3959 3444–3959 516 516 171 171 ATG/TAG ATG/TAG

nad2 3960–4830 3960–4830 871 871 290 290 ATG/T ATG/T

tRNA-Val (V) 4831–4890 4831–4890 60 60 TAC

tRNA-Ala (A) 4889–4949 4888–4949 61 62 TGC

tRNA-Asp (D) 4954–5014 4954–5014 61 61 GTC

nad1 5015–5907 5015–5908 893 894 297 297 GTG/TA GTG/TAG

tRNA-Asn (N) 5908–5975 5908–5975 68 68 GTT

tRNA-Pro (P) 5980–6040 5980–6040 61 61 TGG

tRNA-Ile (I) 6040–6103 6041–6102 64 62 GAT

tRNA-Lys (K) 6106–6165 6106–6165 60 60 GTT

nad3 6170–6517 6170–6517 348 348 115 115 ATG/TAG ATG/TAG

tRNA-Ser1 (S1) 6520–6574 6518–6575 55 58 GCT

tRNA-Trp (W) 6575–6638 6575–6638 64 64 TCA

cox1 6642–8178 6642–8201 1,537 1,537 512 512 ATG/T ATG/T

tRNA-Thr (T) 8183–8242 8183–8242 60 60 TGT

rrnL 8243–9193 8238–9191 951 954

tRNA-Cys 9194–9254 9192–9252 61 61 GCA

rrnS 9255–9966 9253–9965 712 713

tRNA-Leu1 (L1) 9967–10028 9966–10027 62 62 TAG

tRNA-Ser2 (S2) 10030–10093 10028–10093 64 66 TGA

tRNA-Leu2 (L2) 10095–10157 10094–10156 63 63 TAA

NCR1 10158–11002 10157–10797 845 641

cox2 11003–11553 10798–11336 551 539 183 179 ATG/TA ATG/TAG

tRNA-Glu (E) 11587–11646 11370–11429 60 60 TTC

nad6 11647–12105 11430–11888 459 459 152 152 ATG/TAA ATG/TAA

tRNA-Tyr (Y) 12113–12174 11896–11957 62 62 GTA

tRNA-Arg (R) 11183–12236 11966–12021 54 56 TCG

nad5 12237–13786 12023–13570 1,550 1,547 516 515 ATG/TA ATG/TA

tRNA-Gly (G) 13787–13850 13570–13633 64 64 TCC

NCR2 13851–14273 13634–14504 423 871

CBCB, Caryophyllaeus brachycollis isolates from Beijing; CBCW, C. brachycollis isolates from Wuhan.

Nucleotide composition and skews of the Caryophyllaeus brachycollis mitogenome

Gene Nucleotide frequency A+T (%) AT-skew GC-skew
A (%) G (%) T (%) C (%)
atp6 16.7 25.0 42.2 16.1 58.9 −0.434 0.297
cox1 21.7 23.0 40.3 15.0 62.0 −0.230 0.212
cox2 25.4 22.1 36.7 15.8 62.1 −0.181 0.167
cox3 18.7 24.9 40.4 16.0 59.1 −0.368 0.217
cytb 22.0 23.2 39.9 14.9 61.9 −0.289 0.218
nad1 19.6 25.9 41.8 12.8 61.4 −0.361 0.339
nad2 16.6 26.5 45.8 11.0 62.4 −0.467 0.411
nad3 16.1 25.3 46.0 12.6 62.1 −0.481 0.333
nad4 20.8 22.4 41.7 15.1 62.5 −0.335 0.195
nad4L 19.6 26.2 44.6 9.6 64.2 −0.390 0.465
nad5 20.1 23.4 42.5 13.9 62.6 −0.357 0.254
nad6 20.0 22.9 42.3 14.8 62.3 −0.357 0.214
rrnS 27.0 23.9 35.4 13.8 62.4 −0.135 0.269
rrnL 27.2 22.7 35.0 15.0 62.2 −0.125 0.203
22 tRNAs 25.9 24.8 34.3 15.0 60.2 −0.139 0.246
Total 23.7 22.6 39.5 14.2 63.2 −0.250 0.227

Nucleotide and amino acid sequence differences between the isolates from Beijing, China and Wuhan, China mitogenomes

Gene/region NT sequence length NT difference (%) No. of AA AA difference (%)




CBCB CBCW CBCB/CBCW CBCB CBCW CBCB/CBCW
atp6 516 516 1.7 171 171 1.2

cox1 1,537 1,537 0.8 512 512 1.0

cox2 551 539 1.5 183 179 2.7

cox3 643 643 2.2 214 214 1.4

cytb 1,119 1,119 1.3 372 372 0.3

nad1 893 894 0.6 297 297 0.7

nad2 871 871 0.6 290 290 0.3

nad3 348 348 0.3 115 115 0.9

nad4 1,233 1,233 1.4 397 410 0.7

nad4L 240 240 0.0 79 79 0.0

nad5 1,550 1,547 1.0 516 515 0.8

nad6 459 459 1.1 152 152 1.3

rrnS 712 713 1.7 - - -

rrnL 951 954 0.8 - - -

All 22tRNAs 1,339 1,361 2.1 - - -

NT, nucleotide; AA, amino acid; CBCB, Caryophyllaeus brachycollis isolates from Beijing; CBCW, C. brachycollis isolates from Wuhan.

Table 1 Complete mitogenome sequences of the order Caryophyllidea used for phylogenetic analysis
Table 2 Comparative organization of the complete mitogenome of Caryophyllaeus brachycollis isolates from Beijing and Wuhan, China

CBCB, Caryophyllaeus brachycollis isolates from Beijing; CBCW, C. brachycollis isolates from Wuhan.

Table 3 Nucleotide composition and skews of the Caryophyllaeus brachycollis mitogenome
Table 4 Nucleotide and amino acid sequence differences between the isolates from Beijing, China and Wuhan, China mitogenomes

NT, nucleotide; AA, amino acid; CBCB, Caryophyllaeus brachycollis isolates from Beijing; CBCW, C. brachycollis isolates from Wuhan.