Mitochondrial genome of the Caribbean king crab Damithrax spinosissimus (Lamarck, 1818) (Decapoda: Majidae)

Abstract

The Caribbean king crab Damithrax spinosissimus (former Mithrax spinosissimus) is a large brachyuran in the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic. This is the first report of the complete mitochondrial genome of D. spinosissimus, which was pyrosequenced by FLX 454 technology. The mtDNA encodes for 13 proteins, 22 tRNAs and 2 ribosomal RNAs. In addition, the coding sequences and gene synteny were similar to other previously reported mitogenomes of brachyuran.

• Brachyuran
• Mithracidae
• Mithrax spinosissimus
• mitogenome

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación - Colciencias (Project No. 1361-521-28298) and Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Projects N° 20101004960, 12622/2010). JCHA was supported by a Francisco José de Caldas Grant from Colciencias. This is the contribution N° 398 from the Centro de Estudios en Ciencias del Mar (CECIMAR), UNAL-Caribe.

Declaration of interest

The author reports no conflict of interest. The authors alone are responsible for content and writing of the paper.