Table 3. Results from analysis of similarities and species contributions (SIMPER).

SIMPER similarity (%, contribution >4%)
Gollum	51.5	Whittard	53.8	700 m	49.9	1000 m	55.5
Sabatieria	14.5	Sabatieria	5.5	Sabatieria	9.7	Sabatieria	10.1
Trefusia	5.9	Syringolaimus	5.4	Astomonema	5.2	Syringolaimus	5.9
Syringolaimus	5.0	Monhystrella	4.8	Syringolaimus	4.4	Microlaimus	5.5
		Astomonema	4.8	Trefusia	4.0	Monhystrella	5.1
		Leptolaimus	4.7			Leptolaimus	4.5
		Microlaimus	4.5			Halalaimus	4.5
		Halalaimus	4.5			Acantholaimus	4.4
						Trefusia	4.3
SIMPER dissimilarity (%, contribution >3%)
Gollum vs. Whittard	59.4	700 m vs. 1000 m	57.5
Sabatieria	4.9	Astomonema	4.9
Astomonema	4.6

Individual genus cut-off level was 4% for similarity analysis, 3% for dissimilarity analysis.