Table 1. Environmental DNA samples used for sequence analyses from the South China Sea.

Sample ID	Lat °N, Long °W	Date	Depth, m
1	111°23.243', 17°59.925'	28/08/2011	1937.5
2	111°29.456', 17°58.927'	28/08/2011	2026.6
8	112°08.124', 18°0.541'	29/08/2011	2448.3
11	114°30.315', 18°1.841'	31/08/2011	3563
12	117°2.913', 18°1.742'	01/09/2011	3938
13	119°31.949', 18°2.114'	02/09/2011	3023
15	119°44.263', 18°44.606'	02/09/2011	3415
16	120°0.250', 20°22.971'	04/09/2011	3536
17	119°19.896', 19°41.569'	05/09/2011	2918
18	117°37.208', 21°23.202'	06/09/2011	652
19	116°30.202', 22°29.355'	06/09/2011	35
20	116°22.842', 20°38.176'	07/09/2011	431
21	116°43.681', 20°14.109'	07/09/2011	717
22	117°58.233', 19°0.368'	08/09/2011	3739
25	115°17.868', 19°42.407'	09/09/2011	1808
27	109°28.614', 18°13.299'	26/08/2011	300

Lat, latitude, Long, longitude