The complete mitogenome of Leptestheria brevirostris Barnard, 1924, a rock pool clam shrimp (Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata) from Central District, Botswana.
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.
['Emami-Khoyi|Arsalan|A|https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9525-4745', 'Tladi|Murphy|M|https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8524-6613', 'Dalu|Tatenda|T|https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9019-7702', 'Teske|Peter R|PR|https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2838-7804', 'Jansen van Vuuren|Bettine|B|https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5334-5358', 'Rogers|D Christopher|DC|https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3335-7287', 'Nyamukondiwa|Casper|C|https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0395-4980', 'Wasserman|Ryan J|RJ|https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4162-1503']
spinicaudatan mitochondrial genome Africa Illumina next-generation sequencing