The complete mitochondrial genome of Huananpotamon lichuanense (Decapoda: Brachyura) with phylogenetic implications for freshwater crabs.

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Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource Utilization, Ministry of Education, Nanchang University, 1299 Xuefu Avenue, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province 330031, People's Republic of China. Electronic address:

Published: March 2018

In the present study, we determined the complete mitochondrial genome of Huananpotamon lichuanense (Decapoda: Brachyura) for the first time. The genome is 15,380bp in length and typically consists of 37 genes. When the gene order was compared to the ancestral crustacean type, two tRNA genes (tRNA and tRNA) were rearranged in H. lichuanense, and the translocation of tRNA appeared only in Potamoidea crabs, such as Geothelphusa dehaani and Sinopotamon xiushuiense, supporting the monophyly of the Potamoidea superfamily. Thirteen protein-coding genes and 2 rRNA genes were divided into five complexes to perform the phylogenetic analysis, and the results showed that the trees constructed by complex I (ND1-ND6 and ND4L), complex IV (COX1-COX3) and rRNA genes better accord with the morphological classification system, suggesting that molecular markers of higher-level phylogeny can be developed in these three complexes in the future. The estimated divergence time for freshwater crabs is approximately 133.58Ma, and G. dehaani from Japan diverged from the freshwater crabs of mainland China approximately 60.66Ma. A selective pressure analysis based on current data revealed obviously increasing dN/dS ratios (except for ATP6 and ND4L) of freshwater crabs, and the accumulation of nonsynonymous mutations suggests that terrestrial habitats provide a relatively relaxed selective pressure environment for this group.

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