Abstract

Spinicaudatan clam shrimp are a widespread and diverse group of branchiopod crustaceans, yet few mitochondrial genomes have been published for this taxonomic group. Here, we present the mitogenome of Leptestheria brevirostris from a rock pool ecosystem in Botswana. Massively parallel sequencing of a single specimen facilitated the reconstruction of the species’ 15,579 bp circularized mitogenome. The reconstructed phylogenetic tree confirms that L. brevirostris forms a monophyletic group with other diplostracan branchiopods, and that these are the sister taxon to Notostraca. The mitogenome reconstructed here is the first to be reported from a leptestherid clam shrimp.

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Title
The complete mitogenome of Leptestheria brevirostris Barnard, 1924, a rock pool clam shrimp (Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata) from Central District, Botswana
Author
Emami-Khoyi, Arsalan 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Murphy Tladi 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Dalu, Tatenda 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Teske, Peter R 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bettine Jansen van Vuuren 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Rogers, D Christopher 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Casper Nyamukondiwa 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Wasserman, Ryan J 5 

1  Centre for Ecological Genomics and Wildlife Conservation, Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa 
2  Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Palapye, Botswana 
3  School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Mpumalanga, Nelspruit 1200, South Africa 
4  Kansas Biological Survey and the Biodiversity Institute, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA 
5  Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Palapye, Botswana; Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa 
Pages
608-610
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Feb 2021
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd.
e-ISSN
23802359
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2021.1875898
ProQuest document ID
2557315771
Copyright
© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.