The complete mitochondrial genome of the freshwater crab Bottapotamon lingchuanense Türkay and Dai 1997 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamoidea)

Yi-Fan Wang; Qian Yang; Shu-Xin Xu; Meng-Jun Zhao; Jie-Xin Zou

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1915208

The complete mitochondrial genome of the freshwater crab Bottapotamon lingchuanense Türkay and Dai 1997 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamoidea)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Apr 26;6(4):1554-1556. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1915208.

Authors

Yi-Fan Wang^{1

2}, Qian Yang^{1

3}, Shu-Xin Xu¹, Meng-Jun Zhao¹, Jie-Xin Zou^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ School of Basic Medical Sciences, Research lab of Freshwater Crustacean Decapoda & Paragonimus, Nanchang University, Nanchang, PR China.
² Institute of Pathogen Biology, Jiangxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Nanchang, PR China.
³ Department of Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanchang University, Nanchang, PR China.

Abstract

We report the complete mitochondrial genome of Bottapotamon lingchuanense for the first time, which is found to be 17,612 base pairs in length, and contains 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, 22 transfer RNA (tRNA), and 1 non-coding AT-rich region known as the D-loop. In addition, the mitogenome has 17 intergenic regions ranging from 1 to 1512 bp in length. The mitochondrial genome of B. lingchuanense is the first mitochondrial genome under the genus Bottapotamon, providing DNA data for species identification, enriching the species diversity of Brachyura. The maximum-likelihood (ML) tree and Bayesian inference (BI) tree based on the 13 PCGs of mitochondrial genome of Brachyura species showed similar topologies with high confidence, and the analysis results were consistent with the current mainstream classification system. The results indicating that B. lingchuanense is closely related to Neilupotamon sinense, Sinopotamon, and Tenuilapotamon, and it is likely to be derived from them.

Keywords: Bottapotamon lingchuanense; Brachyuran; mitochondrial genome; phylogenetics.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant number [32060306]; National Parasitic Resources Center under Grant number [NPRC-2019-194-30]; and Student's Platform for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program of Nanchang University under Grant number [20190402290].