Table 2.

Details of the Kiwa sp. nov. ESR specimen, which were used for 454 analysis of the epibionts

Sample	OTUs	Sequences	Coverage	Gender	Carapace length (cm)	Sample site	Shannon
121_E2	283	2513	0.938	Male	9	E2 – Anemone field	3.196
122_E2	226	2522	0.956	Male	7.5	E2 – Anemone field	2.891
123_E2	329	2020	0.907	Female	5.5	E2 – Anemone field	4.287
124_E2	372	2317	0.916	Female	5.5	E2 – Anemone field	4.392
125_E2	285	2735	0.944	Female	6.5	E2 – Anemone field	2.932
2091_E2	168	2412	0.960	Female	5.5	E2 – crab city	2.387
2092_E2	178	1987	0.951	Female	4.5	E2 – crab city	2.715
SLE2	281	4019	0.970	Female	7	E2 – crab city	2.825
2391_E9	210	2894	0.963	Juvenile	3	E9 South – Marshland	2.958
2392_E9	134	1800	0.961	Juvenile	3	E9 South – Marshland	2.619
2393_E9	52	549	0.949	Juvenile	3	E9 South – Marshland	2.331
SL1_E9	94	1264	0.960	Male	5.5	E9 North – B&W	1.717
SL2_E9	51	769	0.964	Male	6	E9 North – B&W	1.269
SL5_E9	66	1161	0.974	Juvenile	3	E9 North – B&W	1.360
SLE9	187	5221	0.987	Juvenile	3	E9 North – B&W	2.177
Total		34,183

ESR, East Scotia Ridge; OTUs, operational taxonomic units.