The complete mitochondrial genome of the Japanese fan lobster Ibacus ciliatus (Crustacea, Achelata, Scyllaridae)

Dong Ha Ahn, Sanghee Kim, Joong Ki Park, Sook Shin, Gi Sik Min

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Abstract

Slipper lobsters are a unique group of decapod crustaceans; they have cylindrical or flattened bodies and belong to the family Scyllaridae. The genus Ibacus (Leach, 1815) (Achelata, Scyllaridae, Ibacinae) consists of eight recognized species to date, all of which occur in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean and are commercially important seafood species. The complete mitochondrial genome of the Japanese fan lobster Ibacus ciliatus (Von Siebold, 1824) is 15,696 bp in size and consists of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, 2 ribosomal RNAs, and a control region of 783 bp. The base composition of I. ciliatus is 35.8% A, 34.7% T, 19.0% C, and 10.5% G, with an overall AT content of 70.5%. The mitogenome of I. ciliatus was found to have gene arrangement and transcriptional polarity identical to that of the American lobster Homarus americanus, showing the pancrustacean ground pattern. Here, we present the complete mitogenome sequence of I. ciliatus; it is the first mitogenome information from the subfamily Ibacinae, and represents the second for the family Scyllaridae.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1871-1873
Number of pages3
JournalMitochondrial DNA. Part A, DNA mapping, sequencing, and analysis
Volume27
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2016

Keywords

  • Achelata
  • Ibacinae
  • Ibacus ciliatus
  • Japanese fan lobster
  • Scyllaridae
  • mitogenome

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