Table 1 Comparison of whole genome sizes, A+T contents and GenBank accession numbers of the mitochondrial genomes examined in this study
Classification | Whole genome | Control region | GenBank Accession Numbers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Size(bp) | A+T(%) | Size(bp), Na | A+T(%) | Â |
Subphylum Chelicerata | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Class Pycnogonida |  |  |  |  |  |
Achelia bituberculata | 15,474 | 77.0 | 977, 1 | 79.0 | AY457170 |
Nymphon gracile | 14,681 | 77.3 | 191, 1 | 85.3 | NC_008572 |
   Class Arachnida |  |  |  |  |  |
Order Araneae | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Heptathela langzhouensis | 14,215 | 72.2 | 340, 1 | 80.6 | NC_005924 |
Habronattus oregonensis | 14,381 | 74.3 | 717, 1 | 77.1 | NC_005942 |
Ornithoctonus huwena | 13,874 | 69.8 | 396, 1 | 68.2 | NC_005925 |
Order Scorpiones | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Mesobuthus gibbosus | 15,983 | 67.0 | 1,434, 1 | ? | NC_006515 |
Centruroides limpidus | 14,519 | 64.5 | 545, 1 | 60.9 | NC_006896 |
Order Acari | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Ixodes hexagonus | 14,539 | 72.7 | 359, 1 | 71.9 | NC_002010 |
Haemaphysalis flava | 14,686 | 76.9 | 310, 1 | 66.5 | NC_005292 |
Rhipicephalus sanguineus | 14,710 | 78.0 | 608, 2 | 67.0 | NC_002074 |
Amblyomma triguttatum | 14,740 | 78.4 | 614, 2 | 76.3 | NC_005963 |
Carios capensis | 14,418 | 73.5 | 342, 1 | 71.3 | NC_005291 |
Ornithodoros moubata | 14,398 | 72.3 | 342, 1 | 71.6 | NC_004357 |
Varroa destructor | 16,477 | 80.0 | 2,174, 1 | 79.7 | NC_004454 |
   Class Merostomata |  |  |  |  |  |
Order Xiphosura | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Limulus polyphemus | 14,985 | 67.6 | 348, 1 | 81.3 | NC_003067 |
Subphylum Myriapoda | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Class Chilopoda |  |  |  |  |  |
Lithobius forficatus | 15,695 | 67.9 | 1,540, 1 | 77.0 | NC_002629 |
Scutigera coleoptrata | 14,868 | 63.7 | 479, 1 | 70.8 | NC_005870 |
   Class Diplopoda |  |  |  |  |  |
Narceus annularus | 15,133 | 67.8 | 476, 1 | 64.7 | NC_003343 |
Thyropygus sp. | 14,922 | 69.4 | 479, 1 | 77.9 | NC_003344 |
Subphylum Crustacea | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Class Branchiopoda |  |  |  |  |  |
Artemia franciscana | 15,770 | 64.5 | 1,770, 1 | 68.0 | NC_001620 |
Daphnia pulex | 15,333 | 62.3 | 689, 1 | 67.0 | NC_000844 |
   Class Malacostraca |  |  |  |  |  |
Penaeus monodon | 15,984 | 70.6 | 991, 1 | 81.5 | NC_002184 |
Pagurus longicarpus | 15,630 | 71.3 | 534, 1 | 70.0 | NC_003058 |
Subphylum Hexapoda | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Class Insecta |  |  |  |  |  |
Anopheles gambiae | 15,363 | 77.6 | 518, 1 | 94.2 | NC_002084 |
Locusta migratoria | 15,772 | 75.3 | 979, 1 | 86.0 | NC_001712 |
Triatoma dimidiata | 17,019 | 69.5 | 2,474, 2 | 67.1 | NC_002609 |
Drosophila melanogaster | 19,517 | 82.2 | 4,601, 1 | 95.5 | NC_001709 |
Tricholepidion gertschi | 15,267 | 68.6 | 397, 1 | 76.8 | NC_005437 |
   Class Elipura |  |  |  |  |  |
Order Collembola | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Tetrodontophora | 15,455 | 72.7 | 955, 1 | 75.7 | NC_002735 |
Gomphiocephalus | 15,075 | 74.1 | 304, 1 | 86.5 | NC_005438 |
   Phylum Ornychophora |  |  |  |  |  |
Family Peripatidae | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Epiperipatus biolleyi | 14,411 | 74.1 | 540, 1 | 82.4 | NC_009082 |
   Phylum Mollusca |  |  |  |  |  |
Order Neoloricata | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Katharina tunicata | 15,532 | 69.4 | 424, 1 | 75.3 | NC_001636 |
   Phylum Annelida |  |  |  |  |  |
Order Haplotaxida | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Lumbricus terrestris | 14,998 | 61.6 | 384, 1 | 64.3 | NC_001673 |
Order Phyllodocida | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Platynereis dumerilli | 15,619 | 64.1 | 1091, 1 | 71.9 | NC_000931 |