TABLE 3.

ANOSIM of 16S rRNA gene sequences obtained from sponge species and water samples

Samplea	Species	P value or R valueb
		LMA			HMA			Water
		D. avara	A. damicornis	S. cunctatrix	A. oroides	C. reniformis	P. ficiformis
LMA sponges	D. avara		1.000	1.000	0.891	0.694	0.889	1.000
	A. damicornis	0.002		1.000	0.981	0.989	0.798	1.000
	S. cunctatrix	0.001	0.002		0.990	0.705	0.897	1.000
HMA sponges	A. oroides	0.001	0.001	0.001		0.844	0.836	0.733
	C. reniformis	0.002	0.002	0.001	0.002		0.470	1.000
	P. ficiformis	0.001	0.002	0.001	0.001	0.008		0.977
Water		0.001	0.001	0.002	0.001	0.001	0.002

^aHMA, high microbial abundance; LMA, low microbial abundance.

^bP values appear below the diagonal space, and R values appear above the diagonal space.