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

• Published in: Biodiversity Data Journal
• Main Authors: Jo,Euna, Kim,Jin-Hyoung, Ko,Young Wook, Kim,Sanghee, Kang,Seunghyun
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2022
• Subjects: Branchinecta gaini; mitochondrial genome; Antarctica; fairy shrimp; Anostraca; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e94051; https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/94051/

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.