Table 1.

Percent identity between the 28S rRNA gene partial sequences of Cinachyrella samples (Sp1- 4: sponge 1- 4) collected in October 2011 (Oct) and February 2012 (Feb) from South Florida and C. kuekenthali (C. kuek.; GenBank: KC869490.1; Panama).

	Sp1 Oct	Sp2 Oct	Sp3 Oct	Sp4 Feb	C. kuek.
Sp1 Oct	100
Sp2 Oct	97.3	100
Sp3 Oct	97.3	100	100
Sp4 Feb	99.3	96.9	96.9	100
C. kuek	96.9	99.8	99.8	96.5	100