The complete mitochondrial genome of pronghorn spiny lobster <i>Panulirus penicillatus</i> (Olivier, 1791)

In this paper, we determined and characterized the complete mitochondrial genome of Pronghorn spiny lobster <i>Panulirus penicillatus</i> for the first time from South China Sea. The <i>P. penicillatus</i> mitogenome is 15,671 bp long, and consists of 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), and 1 control region. The nucleotide composition of <i>P. penicillatus</i> mitogenome is significantly biased (A, G, T, and C was 33.62, 13.32, 32.31, and 20.75%, respectively) with A + T contents of 65.93%. Almost PCGs used a standard initiation codon or stop codon, except COX2, ND3, ND4 and ND1 were terminated with an incomplete stop codon T and ND5 ended with TA. One microsatellite (C)₁₂ was identified in the control region of <i>P. penicillatus</i> mitogenome sequences. Phylogenetic tree showed that <i>P. penicillatus</i> was first clustered with <i>P. polyphagus</i> and <i>P. versicolor</i>.