Table 4. AMOVA analysis carried out using cytochrome C oxidase subunit I for rays.
The numerals in bold indicate significant structuring, p values are given in brackets and n is the sample size.
| Species name | Simple Φ ST | Global comparison (nested AMOVA) | Indo–Pacific vs Atlantic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ΦST | ΦSC | ΦCT | ΦST | ΦSC | ΦCT | ||
| A. narinari (n = 29) | 0.021* (0.007) | Atlantic Ocean distribution | |||||
| A. ocellatus (n = 18) | -0.028 (0.522) | −0.12 (0.704) | 0.117 (0.218) | 0.27 (0.674) | Indo–Pacific distribution | ||
| B. imbricata (n = 23) | 0.011 (0.317) | All sequences from western or central Indian Ocean | |||||
| B. walga (n = 20) | 0.567* (0.002) | 0.688** | 0.714** | 0.092 (0.327) | Indo–Pacific distribution | ||
| G. micrura (n = 15) | 0.989** | All sequences from north or south Atlantic | |||||
| G. poecilura (n = 39) | 0.339** (0.001) | 0.438** (0.001) | 0.618* (0.026) | 0.618 (0.247) | Indo–Pacific distribution | ||
| H. leoparda (n = 23) | 0.918** | 0.974** | 0.626* (0.025) | 0.931** | Indo–Pacific distribution | ||
| H. uarnak (n = 49) | 0.636** | 0.915** (0.001) | 0.913** | 0.019 (0.359) | Indo–Mediterranean distribution | ||
| Mac. gerrardi (n = 37) | 0.318** (0.001) | 0.595* (0.015) | 0.384* (0.004) | 0.344** | Indo–Pacific distribution | ||
| Mob. birostris (n = 16) | 0.05 (0.364) | −1.09 (0.543) | 0.165 (0.116) | −1.502 (0.751) | Indo–Pacific distribution | ||
| Mob. kuhlii (n = 18) | −0.278 (0.998) | −0.462 (0.96) | −0.457 (0.999) | −0.0032 (0.826) | Indo–Pacific distribution | ||
| Mob. mobular (n = 15) | 0.1587* (0.044) | 0.228* (0.052) | 0.165* (0.013) | 0.774 (0.145) | 0.277 (0.135) | 0.208** | 0.087 (0.213) |
| Mob. tarapacana (n = 23) | −0.062 (0.659) | −0.134 (0.905) | −0.0086 (0.534) | −0.124 (0.682) | −1.057 (0.642) | −0.0267 (0.432) | −1.0043 (0.772) |
| Mob. thurstoni (n = 32) | 0.099 (0.116) | 0.201 (0.085) | −0.1014 (0.409) | 0.274 (0.28) | 0.341 (0.059) | 0.053 (0.328) | 0.304 (0.301) |
| N. indica (n = 15) | 0.357** | All sequences from western or central Indian Ocean | |||||
| N. kuhlii (n = 59) | 0 | Southwest Pacific Ocean distribution | |||||
| P. jenkinsii (n = 22) | 0.074 (0.272) | All sequences from central or eastern Indian Ocean | |||||
| P. violacea (n = 25) | −0.812 (0.782) | −0.233 (0.628) | −0.291 (0.887) | 0.045 (0.683) | −0.204 (0.666) | −0.332 (0.859) | 0.096 (0.31)S |
| T. lymma (n = 20) | −0.046 (0.671) | Indo–Pacific distribution | |||||
Notes.
*
p < 0.05.
**
p < 0.001.