The complete mitochondrial genome of the sea spider Achelia bituberculata (Pycnogonida, Ammotheidae): arthropod ground pattern of gene arrangement

Table 2 The mitochondrial genome profile of a sea spider, Achelia bituberculata

Features	Positionon		Strand	Size (bp)	Codon		Intergenic nucleotides^a
	From	To			Start	Stop
rrnL	1	1210	-	1210	0
trnV	1211	1277	-	58	0
rrnS	1278	2053	-	776	0
trnQ	2054	2121	-	68	0
Control region	2122	3098	+	977	0
trnI	3099	3162	+	64	0
trnM	3173	3228	+	56	10
nad2	3239	4220	+	982	ATG	T*	11
trnW	4221	4278	+	57	0
trnC	4278	4339	+	61	-1
trnY	4347	4403	+	57	7
cox1	4406	5930	+	1525	GAT	T*	2
cox2	5931	6600	+	670	ATG	T*	0
trnK	6601	6668	+	68	0
trnD	6669	6737	+	69	0
atp8	6739	6874	+	136	ATA	T*	1
atp6	6876	7545	+	670	ATT	T*	1
cox3	7546	8334	+	789	ATG	TAA	0
trnG	8340	8409	+	70	5
nad3	8410	8751	+	312	ATA	TAG	0
trnA	8749	8802	+	54	-3
trnR	8803	8868	+	66	0
trnN	8870	8936	+	67	1
trnS2	8937	8995	+	59	0
trnE	9001	9064	+	64	5
trnF	9064	9128	-	64	-1
nad5	9130	10833	-	1704	ATT	T*	1
trnH	10839	10909	-	71	5
nad4	10914	12275	-	1362	ATG	TAA	4
nad4L	12281	12574	-	294	ATG	TA*	5
trnT	12580	12632	+	53	5
trnP	12633	12709	-	77	0
nad6	12712	13202	+	491	ATG	TA*	2
cob	13203	14325	+	1123	ATG	T*	0
trnS1	14326	14388	+	63	0
nad1	14407	15339	+	933	ATA	TAG	18
trnL1	15340	15404	+	65	0
trnL2	15410	15474	+	65	6

^a indicates gap nucleotides (positive value) or overlapped nucleotides (negative value) between two adjacent genes.
* Incomplete termination codon, which is probably extended by post-transcriptional adenylation.

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