The complete mitochondrial genome of the Antarctic fairy shrimp Branchinecta gaini Daday, 1910 (Branchiopoda, Anostraca, Branchinectidae)

• Published in: Biodiversity Data Journal
• Main Authors: Euna Jo, Jin-Hyoung Kim, Young Wook Ko, Sanghee Kim, Seunghyun Kang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2022
• Subjects: Branchinecta gaini</i&gt; mitochondrial genome; A; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e94051; https://doaj.org/article/a237fce87ec847d2a83c6a81bf30830a

The complete mitochondrial genome of Antarctic fairy shrimp Branchinecta gaini Daday, 1910 was sequenced, assembled and annotated using next-generation sequencing technology. The mitogenome of B. gaini is circular at 15,536 bp in length, consisting of 13 protein-coding genes, 23 tRNAs, two rRNAs and two major non-coding regions. In particular, there are two tRNAGly genes and one non-coding region between these two tRNAGly genes. A phylogenetic tree was constructed using concatenated amino acid sequences of 13 protein-coding genes. It reveals that B. gaini is clustered with the Anostraca group within the Branchiopoda clade. This study helps us understand the evolution of Anostraca.