02373naa a2200445 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400420006010000190010224502070012126000090032830000100033750000490034752010980039665000110149465000170150565000250152265000280154765000110157565000120158665000170159865300120161565300140162765300220164165300180166370000150168170000220169670000170171870000140173570000170174970000170176670000150178370000150179870000180181370000160183170000180184770000160186570000140188177300320189520764562017-12-21       2017    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.3897/zookeys.688.13721.suppl12DOI1 aCONRADO, A. C.  aThe complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the pantropical earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus (Rhinodrilidae, Clitellata)bmitogenome characterization and phylogenetic positioning.h[electronic resource]  c2017  a13 p.  aPublicado na PeerJ Preprints em 3 mar. 2017.  aPontoscolex corethrurus (Müller, 1857) plays an important role in tropical soil ecosystems and has been widely used as an animal model for a large variety of ecological studies, in particular due to its common presence and generally high abundance in human-disturbed tropical soils. In this study we describe the complete mitochondrial genome of the peregrine earthworm P. corethrurus. This is the first record of a mitochondrial genome within the Rhinodrilidae family. Its mitochondrial genome is 14 835 bp in length containing 37 genes (13 protein-coding genes (PCG), 2 rRNA genes and 22 tRNA genes). It has the same gene content and structure as in other sequenced earthworms, but unusual among invertebrates it has several overlapping open reading frames. All genes are encoded on the same strand. Most of the PCGs use ATG as the start codon except for ND3, which uses GTG as the start codon. The A+T content of the mitochondrial genome is 59.9% (31.8% A, 28.1% T, 14.6% G, and 25.6% for C). The annotated genome sequence has been deposited in GenBank under the accession number KT988053.  aAzores  aMitochondria  aMitochondrial genome  aPontoscolex corethrurus  aGenoma  aMinhoca  aMitocôndria  aAçores  aEarthworm  aPeregrine species  aRhinodrilidae1 aARRUDA, H.1 aSTANTON, D. W. S.1 aJAMES, S. W.1 aKILLE, P.1 aBROWN, G. G.1 aSILVA, E. da1 aDUPONT, E.1 aTAHERI, S.1 aMORGAN, A. J.1 aSIMÕES, N.1 aRODRIGUES, A.1 aMONTIEL, R.1 aCUNHA, L.  tZooKeysgv. 688, Aug. 2017.