Figure 1

Alignment of the twenty-two tRNA form mitochondrial genome of A. planci , A. brevispinus and Asterina pectinifera. * Data from Asakawa et al. 1995¹⁰. A. planci: Acanthaster planci; A. brevis: Acanthaster brevispinus; Asterina: Asterina pectinifera, Each anticodon is located at the middle of anticodon loop (+++). Bars above alignments indicate unambiguously aligned stem regions. Asterisks indicate deletions and dots indicate the same nucleotides as A. planci. The last one letter is one nucleotide protrusion of 3' amino-acid accepter stem.