Complete mitochondrial genome of the catophragmid barnacle (Cirripedia, Thoracica, Balanomorpha, Catophragmidae).

The family Catophragmidae is one of the lower balanomorphs from traditional and recent multiple mitochondrial and nuclear markers molecular analysis. Here, we characterized the first mitogenome of the catophragmid barnacle , which was 15,446 bp in length with a 68.3% AT content. The mitogenome had the typical pancrustacean gene arrangement, which was identical to the mitogenome configurations of the chthamalid sp. and pachylasmatoid . On the mitogenomic tree, the catophragmid formed an independent branch that was basal to the members of the superfamilies Tetraclitoidea and Balanoidea, which was inconsistent with previous findings.