Abstract:To expand research on molecular identification techniques, germplasm resource evaluation, and systematic evolution in Solenoceridae shrimp, we utilized second-generation high-throughput sequencing technology to obtain the complete mitochondrial genome of Solenocera melantho. The mitochondrial genes were annotated, and their sequence structure was analyzed. The total length of the S. melantho mitogenome was 15 940 bp, with a base composition of A (35.66%), T (32.00%), G (11.14%), and C (21.20%); the A+T content was 67.66%, indicating a pronounced AT bias. The S. melantho mitogenome encodes a total of 37 genes, including 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNAs, and 2 rRNAs. Of these, 14 genes were located on the negative strand, while 23 genes were located on the positive strand, showing similarity to other Solenoceridae mitogenomes. Most PCGs initiated with typical codons ATG and ATT, but ACG for cox1, ATC for atp8, and ATA for nad5. The termination codons for cox1, cox2, cox3, nad3, and nad5 were incomplete, all being T--, while cob terminated with TAG, and all other PCGs used TAA as the termination codon. trnS1 lacked the DHU arm, and trnY lacked the acceptor stem, whileas the remaining 20 tRNAs exhibited the typical cloverleaf structure. Leu and Ser were the most commonly used amino acids, and GGA, UUA, and CGA were the three most frequently used codons. For selection pressure analysis, 10 representative species were selected from 5 families under Penaeoidea, revealing that all PCGs in Penaeoidea experienced purifying selection during evolution. Additionally, a phylogenetic tree was constructed using the 13 PCGs from the complete mitogenomes of 32 species from the 5 families under Penaeoidea. The results supported the monophyly of Solenoceridae and indicated that S. melantho was most closely related to S. crassicornis. This study filled the gap in the molecular biology of S. melantho, clarified its systematic evolutionary position, explored gene rearrangement characteristics among species, and provided more references for studying interspecific evolution in Penaeoidea through phylogenetic analysis.