The first mitogenome report of Dimorphostylis asiatica Zimmer 1921 (Malacostraca: Cumacea)

Jiseon Park; Sung-Hyun Kim; Taeseo Park; Jongwoo Jung

doi:10.1080/23802359.2024.2447736

The first mitogenome report of Dimorphostylis asiatica Zimmer 1921 (Malacostraca: Cumacea)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2025 Jan 3;10(1):63-66. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2024.2447736. eCollection 2025.

Authors

Jiseon Park¹, Sung-Hyun Kim², Taeseo Park³, Jongwoo Jung⁴

Affiliations

¹ Research Institute of EcoScience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.
² Ecological Observation Team, National Institute of Ecology, Seocheon, South Korea.
³ National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon, South Korea.
⁴ Department of Science Education, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.

Abstract

In 1921, Zimmer established the genus Dimorphostylis for Dimorphostylis asiatica from Japanese waters. This study determined the first complete mitogenome of hooded shrimp sequenced from Dimorphostylis asiatica (Cumacea: Diastylidae). D. asiatica is a type species of the genus Dimorphostylis, distributed in the West Pacific from southern Kuril to Vietnam, including Korean waters. The mitogenome is 14,888 base pairs (bp) long with a high A + T content of 70.9%. Phylogenetic analysis places Dimorphostylis within the Superorder Peracarida, providing new insights into the phylogeny and evolution of cumaceans and broader crustacean groups. This report provides a vital reference for further phylogenetic studies of cumaceans and enhances our molecular understanding of crustacean evolution.

Keywords: Cumacea; Dimorphostylis asiatica; complete mitogenome; phylogeny.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR), funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea (NIBR202002110) and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MSIT) (No. 2021R1I1A2051574).