Complete mitochondrial genome of the freshwater prawn Palaemon capensis (Crustacea: Palaemonidae)

Louisa E Wood; Sammy De Grave; Carel J van Heerden; Savel R Daniels

doi:10.1080/23802359.2017.1390400

Complete mitochondrial genome of the freshwater prawn Palaemon capensis (Crustacea: Palaemonidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2017 Oct 17;2(2):742-743. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1390400.

Authors

Louisa E Wood¹, Sammy De Grave², Carel J van Heerden³, Savel R Daniels¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
² Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, UK.
³ Central Analytical Facility (CAF), DNA Sequencing Unit, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Abstract

The complete mitogenome of Palaemon capensis is presented here. The mitogenome is 15,925 bp in length and comprises 13 protein coding genes, 2 ribosomal subunit genes, 22 transfer RNAs, and a non-coding AT-rich region. The PCGs were used to perform a phylogenetic analysis together with other Caridea representatives with mitogenome data from GenBank, placing P. capensis sister to a clade comprising P. serenus, P. gravieri, and P. carinicauda in the family Palaemonidae.

Keywords: Ion torrent; Palaemon; mitogenome; phylogeny.