The complete mitochondrial genome of the cryptic species (Form II) in kuruma shrimp Marsupenaeus japonicus (Decapoda: Penaeidae)

Shengping Zhong; Yanfei Zhao; Xianfeng Wang; Zhifei Song; Qin Zhang; Xiuli Chen

doi:10.1080/23802359.2018.1437835

The complete mitochondrial genome of the cryptic species (Form II) in kuruma shrimp Marsupenaeus japonicus (Decapoda: Penaeidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2018 Feb 10;3(1):184-186. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2018.1437835.

Authors

Shengping Zhong^{1

2}, Yanfei Zhao¹, Xianfeng Wang¹, Zhifei Song¹, Qin Zhang¹, Xiuli Chen³

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Guangxi Institute of Oceanology, Beihai, China.
² College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
³ Guangxi Key Laboratory of Aquatic Genetic Breeding and Healthy Aquaculture, Guangxi Academy of Fishery Sciences, Nanning, China.

Abstract

The Kuruma shrimp M. japonicus is economic important species in the shrimp fishery and aquaculture. However, it is a species complex consisting of two cryptic species (Form I and Form II), which can be difficult to identify based on morphology. Here, we report the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of M. japonicus (Form II) from Beibu Bay. The mitogenome has 15,966 base pairs and made up of total of 37 genes (13 protein-coding, 22 transfer RNAs and 2 ribosomal RNAs), and a putative control region. There were 1029 mutations sites between these two cryptic species, and the most variable sites were putative control region. This study adds a distinct mitogenome of M. japonicus (Form II) and will provide useful genetic information for future genetic variation identification and genetic diversity evaluation of this economic valuable shrimp.

Keywords: Decapoda; Marsupenaeus japonicus; Mitochondrial genome.