The complete mitochondrial genome of Oplophorus spinosus (Brullé, 1839) (Caridea, Oplophoridae)

Abstract

We determined the complete mitochondrial genome of Oplophorus spinosus with a typical circular structure. The complete mitogenomes of O. spinosus was 17,346 bp in length, with 37 genes containing 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs, two rRNAs, and a confirmed D-loop zone. The GC content of O. spinosus was 34.39%. The phylogenetic results showed that O. spinosus was most closed to O. typus, providing useful mitochondrial information for its further evolutionary and taxonomy study.

Keywords

• shrimp
• indian ocean
• mitochondrial genome
• oplophorus
• phylogeny