The complete mitogenome of the whale shark parasitic copepod Pandarus rhincodonicus norman, Newbound & Knott (Crustacea; Siphonostomatoida; Pandaridae)--a new gene order for the copepoda

Austin CM 1 , Tan MH 1 , Lee YP 1 , Croft LJ 2 , Meekan MG 3 , Pierce SJ 4 Show all authors , Gan HM 1

Affiliations 

  • 1 a School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan , Petaling Jaya , Selangor , Malaysia
  • 2 b Malaysian Genome Resource Centre Berhad , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
  • 3 c Australian Institute of Marine Science, c/o UWA Oceans Institute (MO96) , Crawley , Western Australia , Australia
  • 4 d Marine Megafauna Foundation , Truckee , California , USA , and
Mitochondrial DNA, 2016;27(1):694-5.
PMID: 24779605 DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2014.913147

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of the parasitic copepod Pandarus rhincodonicus was obtained from a partial genome scan using the HiSeq sequencing system. The Pandarus rhincodonicus mitogenome has 14,480 base pairs (62% A+T content) made up of 12 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal subunit genes, 22 transfer RNAs, and a putative 384 bp non-coding AT-rich region. This Pandarus mitogenome sequence is the first for the family Pandaridae, the second for the order Siphonostomatoida and the sixth for the Copepoda.

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