title: The complete mitochondrial genome of red frog crab Ranina ranina (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Raninidae).
abstract: Although the brachyuran nature of Raninoidea is widely accepted, there is no consensus over the precise position of the Raninoidea within Brachyura. Long PCR and primer walking methods are employed to determine the first complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) sequence of raninoidian crab, Ranina ranina. It is a circular double-stranded DNA molecule of 15,563 base pairs (bp) in length with a standard set of 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs), 2 ribosomal RNA genes (rRNAs), 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs) as well as a putative non-coding control region. The gene order is substantially consistent with that of the pancrustacean ground pattern with the tRNA(His) gene rearrangement. The basal placement of R. ranina in the phylogenetic tree integrated with a similar genomic organization to ancestral pancrustacea confirmed the primitive position of R. ranina in the Brachyura.
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jiao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Huafeng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Qingdao , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Zhongli
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sha
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D003386:Brachyura / Q000235:genetics*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Gene arrangement; Ranina ranina; Raninoidea; mitochondrial genome; phylogeny