The complete mitochondrial genome of the estuarine amphipod Grandidierella osakaensis (Crustacea: Amphipoda)

Kyoshiro Hiki; Hiroyuki Ariyama; Nobuyoshi Nakajima

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1778559

The complete mitochondrial genome of the estuarine amphipod Grandidierella osakaensis (Crustacea: Amphipoda)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Sep 8;5(3):3323-3324. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1778559.

Authors

Kyoshiro Hiki¹, Hiroyuki Ariyama², Nobuyoshi Nakajima³

Affiliations

¹ Center for Environmental Risk Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan.
² Osaka Museum of Natural History, Osaka, Japan.
³ Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of an estuarine amphipod Grandidierella osakaensis was determined. The mitochondrial genome was 14,658 bp in length with 37 mitochondrial genes (13 protein-coding genes [PCGs], 2 ribosomal RNAs [rRNAs], and 22 transfer RNAs [tRNAs]). The order of PCGs of G. osakaensis was identical to those of other two Grandidierella species. A maximum likelihood-based phylogenetic analysis showed that G. osakaensis formed a monophyletic clade with the other two Grandidierella species within the infraorder Corophiida. The mitochondrial genome sequence obtained in this study provides useful information for further phylogenetic and ecological studies.

Keywords: Amphipoda; Aoridae; Grandidierella; mitochondria.

Grants and funding

This study was financially supported by Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellow (19J00074) from Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS).