Analysis of complete mitochondrial genome of fiddler crab Uca (Tubuca) arcuata (De Haan, 1835) (Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda)

Mustafa Zafer Karagozlu; Jin Young Kim; Dinh Thinh Do; Van Quan Nguyen; Seong-Geun Kim; Chang-Bae Kim

doi:10.1080/23802359.2016.1247673

Analysis of complete mitochondrial genome of fiddler crab Uca (Tubuca) arcuata (De Haan, 1835) (Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2016 Nov 11;1(1):835-836. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1247673.

Authors

Mustafa Zafer Karagozlu¹, Jin Young Kim², Dinh Thinh Do³, Van Quan Nguyen³, Seong-Geun Kim¹, Chang-Bae Kim¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Life Science, Sangmyung University, Seoul, Korea.
² Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
³ Institute of Marine Environment and Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Haiphong, Vietnam.

Abstract

In this study complete nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial genome of fiddler crab Uca arcuata (De Haan, 1835) were determined and characterized. The length of mitochondrial genome for U. arcuata is 15,955 bp. This is the third and the longest record of complete mitochondrial genome from the family Ocypodidae. Furthermore, phylogenetic relationships were evaluated due to mitochondrial protein-coding genes. Phylogenetic tree suggests that U. arcuata belongs to the monophyletic family Ocypodidae and has sister group relationship with the genus Ocypode.

Keywords: Arthropoda; Decapoda; Uca (Tubuca) arcuata; complete mitochondrial genome; phylogenetic tree.