Table 1.
The location of 42 study sites with the number of all examined specimens
| Area | Cruise | Site name | Latitude | Longitude | Sp # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic | CMarZ | CMarZ_0 | 33°02′N | 75°02′W | 2 |
| (April 2006) | CMarZ_1 | 33°35′N | 69°31′W | 9 | |
| AMT-8 | AMT8_12 | 27°03′N | 21°52′W | 1 | |
| (May–June 1999) | AMT8_8 | 15°09′N | 21°02′W | 1 | |
| AMT8_3 | 0°04′N | 16°42′W | 1 | ||
| AMT8_2 | 4°07'S | 15°31′W | 1 | ||
| AMT-5 | St.10 | 24°135'S | 20°99′W | 1 | |
| (Sept.–Oct. 1997) | St.14 | 2°81'S | 24°16′W | 1 | |
| St.16 | 0°77′N | 25°66′W | 1 | ||
| St.22 | 27°41′N | 16°42′W | 1 | ||
| NW- | KT06-11 | KT06_C | 36°23′N | 142°57′E | 79 |
| Pacific | (June 2006) | KT06_E | 34°04′N | 140°02′E | 71 |
| KT06_F | 34°26′N | 139°03′E | 4 | ||
| KT06_G | 33°21′N | 140°00′E | 31 | ||
| Amakusa | Amakusa | 32°24′N | 129°45′E | 18 | |
| (Oct. 2009) | |||||
| Indonesian | BJ8-03 | BJ8_PT6 | 2°24′N | 120°40′E | 1 |
| (July 2003) | BJ8_PT8 | 1°43′N | 128°46′E | 32 | |
| BJ8_PT9 | 3°55'S | 124°51′E | 12 | ||
| BJ8_PT7 | 0°58′N | 127°48′E | 3 | ||
| BJ8_PT10 | 4°51'S | 120°08′E | 23 | ||
| BJ8_PT5 | 1°36'S | 117°31′E | 4 | ||
| BJ8_PT3 | 3°53'S | 119°23′E | 1 | ||
| SW- | GYRAFOR-A | GYA_E | 14°43'S | 162°30′E | 34 |
| Pacific | (June 2008) | GYA_G | 9°00'S | 162°32′E | 5 |
| GYA_H | 6°07'S | 162°31′E | 5 | ||
| GYA_J | 3°52'S | 162°32′E | 17 | ||
| GYA_K | 0°00 | 162°32′E | 14 | ||
| GYA_N | 4°30'S | 161°12′E | 24 | ||
| GYA_S | 16°15'S | 162°53′E | 6 | ||
| GYA_T | 17°56'S | 162°41′E | 1 | ||
| Central | KH10-4 | St. C | 7°09′N | 166°33′W | 2 |
| Pacific | (Sept. 2010) | St. D | 2°42′N | 165°33′W | 64 |
| St. E | 5°40'S | 164°13′W | 144 | ||
| Indian | GYRAFOR-B | GYB_6 | 3°13′N | 108°28′E | 1 |
| GYB_A | 7°22'S | 100°40′E | 11 | ||
| (July–Aug. 2007) | GYB_C | 9°30'S | 92°25′E | 3 | |
| GYB_D | 12°07'S | 88°32′E | 103 | ||
| GYB_F | 14°12'S | 80°13′E | 58 | ||
| GYB_I | 15°57'S | 73°16′E | 51 | ||
| GYB_L | 17°21'S | 67°38′E | 48 | ||
| Melville | St. 19 | 15°45'S | 86°46′E | 1 | |
| (May–June 2003) | St. 26 | 14°29'S | 113.27′E | 3 | |
| TOTAL | 892 |