biostudies-literatureUnknown1196Cruz BANational Science FoundationWe describe the complete mitogenomes of the black corals <i>Alternatipathesmirabilis</i> Opresko & Molodtsova, 2021 and <i>Parantipatheslarix</i> (Esper, 1790) (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia, Antipatharia, Schizopathidae). The analysed specimens include the holotype of <i>Alternatipathesmirabilis</i>, collected from Derickson Seamount (North Pacific Ocean; Gulf of Alaska) at 4,685 m depth and a potential topotype of <i>Parantipatheslarix</i>, collected from Secca dei Candelieri (Mediterranean Sea; Tyrrhenian Sea; Salerno Gulf; Italy) at 131 m depth. We also assemble, annotate and make available nine additional black coral mitogenomes that were included in a recent phylogeny (Quattrini et al. 2023b), but not made easily accessible on GenBank. This is the first study to present and comparZooKeys79-93https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10980879biostudies-literatureComplete mitochondrial genomes of the black corals <i>Alternatipathesmirabilis</i> Opresko & Molodtsova, 2021 and <i>Parantipatheslarix</i> (Esper, 1788) (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia, Antipatharia, Schizopathidae).PMC10980879Cappelmann AChutjian HRoman JCGonzalez ADGriffith KMReid MADrewery JBrugler MRHayes VEPettay DTAppiah-Madson HJDistel DLCruz BAWright JKeyman TStaton JLfalseComplete mitochondrial genomes of the black corals <i>Alternatipathesmirabilis</i> Opresko & Molodtsova, 2021 and <i>Parantipatheslarix</i> (Esper, 1788) (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia, Antipatharia, Schizopathidae).We describe the complete mitogenomes of the black corals <i>Alternatipathesmirabilis</i> Opresko & Molodtsova, 2021 and <i>Parantipatheslarix</i> (Esper, 1790) (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia, Antipatharia, Schizopathidae). The analysed specimens include the holotype of <i>Alternatipathesmirabilis</i>, collected from Derickson Seamount (North Pacific Ocean; Gulf of Alaska) at 4,685 m depth and a potential topotype of <i>Parantipatheslarix</i>, collected from Secca dei Candelieri (Mediterranean Sea; Tyrrhenian Sea; Salerno Gulf; Italy) at 131 m depth. We also assemble, annotate and make available nine additional black coral mitogenomes that were included in a recent phylogeny (Quattrini et al. 2023b), but not made easily accessible on GenBank. This is the first study to present and compar2024-01-01T00:00:00Z20242025-04-25T19:02:14.468Z2025-04-06T07:46:28.784ZS-EPMC109808793856009510.3897/zookeys.1196.116837