title: Complete sequence and characterization of mitochondrial genome in the swimming crab Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst, 1783) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae).
abstract: The three-spot swimming crab Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst, 1783) is a commercially important fishery species, widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific region. In this study, we present the complete mitochondrial genome of P. sanguinolentus. The genome is 16 027 bp in length with circular organization, encoding the standard set of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, and two rRNA genes. The overall A + T content is 65.60%, which is lower than that of its congeneric species Portunus pelagicus and Portunus trituberculatus. The mitogenome carries 1254 bp of intergenic region constituting 7.82% of the genome, and six pairs of overlapping genes with the overlap size from 1 to 7 bp. The complete mitogenome sequence information of P. sanguinolentus would provide useful data for further studies on population genetics and molecular systematics.
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Sustainable Development of Marine Fisheries , Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Qingdao , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xianliang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Sustainable Development of Marine Fisheries , Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Qingdao , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Fulong
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Sustainable Development of Marine Fisheries , Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Qingdao , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xiaohui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Sustainable Development of Marine Fisheries , Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Qingdao , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: a Key Laboratory of Sustainable Development of Marine Fisheries , Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences , Qingdao , People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003386:Brachyura / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D000073336:Whole Genome Sequencing
keywords: Brachyura; Portunoidea; Portunus sanguinolentus; mitochondrial genome; swimming crab