Table 2. Primers used in polymerase chain reaction amplification and sequencing of the mitochondrial COI gene and the 18S and 28S rRNA genes.

Primer name			Sequence	Application	References
COI
	C1-J-1718	Forward primer	5′-GGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAGTTCC-3′	PCR amplification & sequencing	Simon et al. [30]
	COI REVA	Reverse primer	5′-GATAAAACGTAATGAAAATGAGCTAC-3′	PCR amplification & sequencing	Gotoh et al. [8]
	C1-J-1718-stig	Forward primer	5′-GGAGGTTTTGGTAATTGGTTAATCCC-3′	PCR amplification & sequencing	This study
	COI REVA-stig	Reverse primer	5′-GAAAGAACATAATGAAAATGAGCAAC-3′	PCR amplification & sequencing	This study
18S
	18S-1F	Forward primer	5′-ACCGCGAATGGCTCATTAAATCAGTT-3′	PCR amplification & sequencing	This study
	18S-2F	Forward primer	5′-TGGCCTCTGAGCCGACGATGTAT-3′	Sequencing	This study
	18S-2R	Reverse primer	5′-ACCCCATAGGTTCGACTGAAATC-3′	Sequencing	This study
	18S-5R	Reverse primer	5′-TCCAATAGATCCTCGTTAAAGGAT-3′	Sequencing	This study
	18S-8R	Reverse primer	5′-TCTCGTTCGTTATCGGAATTAAC-3′	Sequencing	This study
	18S-9F	Forward primer	5′-AGCTTCCGGGAAACCAAAGTTT-3′	Sequencing	This study
	18S-9R	Reverse primer	5′-AGGGCATCACAGACCTGTTATT-3′	Sequencing	This study
	18S-10F	Forward primer	5′-AGTTGGTGGAGTGATTTGTCTGGT-3′	Sequencing	This study
	18S-10R	Reverse primer	5′-ACAAAGGGCAGGGACGTAATCAA-3′	PCR amplification & sequencing	This study
28S
	28v-5′	Forward primer	5′-AAGGTAGCCAAATGCCTCATC-3′	PCR amplification & sequencing	Hillis and Dixon [31], Palumbi [32]
	28jj-3′	Reverse primer	5′-AGTAGGGTAAAACTAACCT-3′	PCR amplification & sequencing	Hillis and Dixon [31], Palumbi [32]