title: Complete mitogenome of the deep-sea hydrothermal vent shrimp Alvinocaris chelys Komai and Chan, 2010 (Decapoda: Caridea: Alvinocarididae).
abstract: We reported the complete sequence of the mitochondrial (mt) genome of the deep-sea vent shrimp Alvinocaris chelys. This is the first complete mt genome obtained for the hydrothermal vent shrimp. The gene arrangement of the A. chelys mt genome is identical to the pancrustacean ground pattern as in most of the other caridean shrimp mt genomes available to date. However, there is an exceptionally long intergene spacer (86 bp in length) existed between the ND1 and tRNA(Leu)-CUN genes that is not previously reported. Our results provide further evidence that the mt gene order is highly conserved among caridean shrimp, in contrast to the other decapod infraorder such as Brachyura or Anomura which are of comparable or lower diversity.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, 20224 Keelung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chien-Hui
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ling Ming
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Tsang
authors.forename: Ka Hou
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Tin-Yam
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping / Q000662:veterinary*; D033364:Decapoda / Q000235:genetics*; D023061:Gene Order; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D060086:Hydrothermal Vents; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer