Complete mitochondrial genome of tarantula spider Brachypelma albiceps. Brachypelma albiceps

Brachypelma albiceps Pocock, also known as Mexican golden red rump tarantula, is one of the most popular tarantulas in the world. It had been listed in the Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which protect them in international commercial trade. However, the lack of chloroplast genome information greatly limits its identification and protection. Here, we assembled the mitochondrial genome of Brachypelma albiceps using Illumina high-throughput sequencing technology, which produced 30,487,966 paired-end reads.