Table 1. Phylogenetic affinity of bacterial epibionts on Kiwa puravida.
| Most similar sequence | Kiwa hirsuta | Shinkaia crosnieri | Rimicaris exoculata | |||||||
| Group | Accession # | Source | % Sim | Accession # | % Sim | Accession # | % Sim | Accession # | % Sim | Accession # |
| ε-Proteobacteria | JN255994 | S. crosnieri Epibiont | 96% | EU107475 | 96% | EU265786 | 96% | EU107475 | 96% | FM203406 |
| JN256000 | S. crosnieri Epibiont | 96% | EU107475 | 96% | EU265787 | 96% | EU107475 | 96% | FM203395 | |
| JN255996 | S. crosnieri Epibiont | 97% | EU107475 | 96% | EU265786 | 97% | EU107475 | 96% | FM203406 | |
| JN255989 | S. crosnieri Epibiont | 97% | EU107475 | 96% | EU265787 | 97% | AB440170 | 96% | FM203395 | |
| JN255993 | S. crosnieri Epibiont | 96% | EU107475 | 95% | EU265786 | 96% | EU107475 | 96% | FM203406 | |
| JN256003 | Peltospiridae Epibiont | 96% | AY531601 | 95% | EU265793 | 96% | AB476188 | 95% | FN658695 | |
| JN256002 | S. crosnieri Epibiont | 96% | EU107475 | 96% | EU265785 | 96% | EU107475 | 96% | FM203396 | |
| JN255991 | S. crosnieri Epibiont | 97% | EU107475 | 96% | EU265787 | 97% | EU107475 | 96% | FM203395 | |
| JN255998 | S. crosnieri Epibiont | 96% | EU107475 | 96% | EU265786 | 96% | EU107475 | 96% | FM203406 | |
| JN255992 | S. crosnieri Epibiont | 96% | EU107475 | 95% | EU265785 | 96% | EU107475 | 95% | FM203395 | |
| JN255997 | S. crosnieri Epibiont | 96% | EU107475 | 95% | EU265786 | 96% | EU107475 | 96% | FM203406 | |
| JN255999 | S. crosnieri Epibiont | 97% | EU107475 | 96% | EU265786 | 97% | EU107475 | 95% | FM203395 | |
| JN255995 | S. crosnieri Epibiont | 96% | EU107475 | 95% | EU265787 | 96% | EU107475 | 96% | FM203406 | |
| JN256001 | K. hirsuta Epibiont | 96% | EU265787 | 96% | EU265787 | 96% | EU107475 | 95% | FM203395 | |
| JN255990 | S. crosnieri Epibiont | 97% | EU107475 | 96% | EU265787 | 97% | AB440170 | 96% | FM203395 | |
| JN256005 | Hydrothermal Bacterial Mat | 96% | AY075127 | 95% | EU265787 | 96% | AB440170 | 95% | FM203377 | |
| JN256004 | K. hirsuta Epibiont | 98% | EU265786 | 98% | EU265786 | 98% | EU107475 | 96% | FN393028 | |
| δ-Proteobacteria | JN256009 | HR Methane Seep Sediment | 98% | AJ535238 | 95% | EU265788 | 84% | AB476257 | 96% | FN658700 |
| JN256010 | HR Methane Seep Sediment | 99% | AJ535238 | 95% | EU265788 | 81% | AB476262 | 96% | FN658700 | |
| JN256011 | Peltospiridae Epibiont | 94% | AY531586 | 89% | EU265788 | 81% | AB476257 | 89% | FN658700 | |
| JN256008 | Peltospiridae Epibiont | 93% | AY355303 | 89% | EU265788 | 82% | AB476257 | 91% | AM412517 | |
| Bacteroides | JN256012 | Methane Seep Sediment | 98% | FN658702 | 80% | EU265794 | 87% | AB476251 | 98% | FN658702 |
| JN256013 | Haakon Mosby Sediment | 98% | AJ704707 | 92% | EU265797 | 87% | AB476194 | 81% | FN658702 | |
| JN256014 | Peltospiridae Epibiont | 97% | AY531558 | 80% | EU265794 | 87% | AB476273 | 97% | FN658701 | |
| γ- Proteobacteria | JN256006 | K. hirsuta Epibiont | 98% | EU265784 | 98% | EU265784 | 98% | AB476177 | 98% | FM203402 |
| JN256007 | K. hirsuta Epibiont | 97% | EU265791 | 97% | EU265791 | 97% | AB476177 | 97% | FM203375 | |
Relationship between Kiwa puravida epibiont fauna and sequences available in GenBank as of 9/12/2011 using 16 S rRNA molecular data. All bacterial epibiont sequences were observed at least twice during sequencing.