Abstract
The mitogenome of the endemic coral Porites panamensis (Genbank accession number KJ546638) has a total length of 18,628 bp, and the arrangement consist of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes and 2 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes. Gene order was equal to other scleractinian coral mitogenomes.
Declaration of interest
The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. Support was provided by CICESE and CIBNOR through the Subsistema Nacional de Recursos Genéticos Acuáticos, SUBNARGENA, of the Secretaría de Ganadería, Agricultura, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación, SAGARPA. Funding was provided project by CONACYT (grant 157993) to EFB. DAPG is recipient of student fellowships from CONACYT (160065).