Complete mitochondrial genome of the spiny rock crab Thalamita crenata (rüppell, 1830) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae) from China coast and its phylogeny

Zhuofang Xie; Tinghe Lai; Khor Waiho; Huaqiang Tan; Hongyu Ma

doi:10.1080/23802359.2018.1508384

Complete mitochondrial genome of the spiny rock crab Thalamita crenata (rüppell, 1830) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae) from China coast and its phylogeny

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2018 Oct 30;3(2):1019-1020. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2018.1508384.

Authors

Zhuofang Xie^{1

2}, Tinghe Lai^{3

4}, Khor Waiho^{1

2}, Huaqiang Tan^{1

2}, Hongyu Ma^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Shantou University, Shantou, China.
² STU-UMT Joint Shellfish Research Laboratory, Shantou University, Shantou, China.
³ Qinzhou University, Ocean College, Qinzhou, China.
⁴ Guangxi Academy of Oceanography, Nanning, China.

Abstract

To understand the evolution of the swimming crab Thalamita crenata, the complete mitochondrial genome of T. crenata from China was sequenced and analyzed. The circular mitogenome sequence was 15,787 bp in length, made up of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, two ribosomal RNA genes and a control region. The overall mitogenome composition was 34.40% for A, 11.55% for G, 35.31% for T, and 18.74% for C, respectively, with a high A + T content of 69.71%. Phylogenetic analysis showed that T. crenata was closest to the genus Charybdis.

Keywords: Thalamita crenata; evolutionary relationships; mitochondrial genome; phylogeny.