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. 2012 Jan 6;7(1):e29251. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029251

Table 3. Results of the statistical analyses for differences in morphological traits between cryptic species.

Trait Overall Ireland Denmark
F2,63 P F2,31 P F2,11 P
Thoracic width between the tegula 4.446 0.016 10.794 <0.001 1.57 0.251
Collar breadth on top of thorax (A) 0.295 0.746 3.132 0.058 1.567 0.252
A relative to body size 0.111 0.895 0.573 0.57 0.614 0.559
Length of collar extension below left tegula (B) 76.059 <0.001 61.638 <0.001 18.587 <0.001
Length of collar extension below right tegula (C) 71.046 <0.001 41.036 <0.001 7.188 0.01
Average length of collar extension below tegula (D) 93.378 <0.001 65.579 <0.001 12.974 0.001
B relative to body size 64.93 <0.001 47.209 <0.001 16.503 <0.001
C relative to body size 59.195 <0.001 30.886 <0.001 5.981 0.017
D relative to body size 77.282 <0.001 46.915 <0.001 10.812 0.003
Breadth of collar extension below left tegula (E) 29.667 <0.001 19.579 <0.001 40.088 <0.001
Breadth of collar extension below right tegula (F) 30.492 <0.001 22.158 <0.001 4.892 0.03
Average breadth of collar extension below tegula (G) 37.293 <0.001 22.913 <0.001 11.082 0.002
E relative to body size 21.466 <0.001 12.051 <0.001 26.005 <0.001
F relative to body size 21.754 <0.001 12.77 <0.001 3.81 0.055
G relative to body size 26.177 <0.001 13.437 <0.001 8.327 0.006