Table 3. The most representative match of the blastx against NCBI database of the putative canonical clock genes of Nephrops.

Genes	Species	Phylum—Class -Order	Protein product	Identity	Gaps	Accession
NnPeriod	Eurydice pulchra	Arthropoda—Malacostraca—Isopoda	period	520/1101	110/1101	AGV28714
	Blattella germanica	Arthropoda—Insecta—Blattodea	circadian clock protein period	360/1099	167/1099	AAN02439
	Apteronemobius asahinai	Arthropoda—Insecta—Orthoptera	period isoform1	356/1100	157/1100	BAL72155
	Laupala cerasina	Arthropoda—Insecta—Orthoptera	period	317/1031	149/1031	ADO24376
	Rhyparobia maderae	Arthropoda—Insecta—Blattodea	period	201/538	46/538	AGA01525
NnTimeless	Eurydice pulchra	Arthropoda—Malacostraca—Isopoda	timeless	471/799	34/799	AGV28716
	Thermobia domestica	Arthropoda—Insecta—Thysanura	timeless	203/456	26/456	BAL27710
	Drosophila melanogaster	Arthropoda—Insecta—Diptera	timeless	196/465	13/465	AAC46920
	Clunio marinus	Arthropoda—Insecta—Diptera	timeless	192/456	20/456	AFS34623
	Belgica antarctica	Arthropoda—Insecta—Diptera	timeless	188/459	34/459	AGZ88039
Nnclock	Pacifastacus leniusculus	Arthropoda—Malacostraca—Decapoda	clock-like protein	34/55	15/55	AFV39704
	Anopheles darlingi	Arthropoda—Insecta—Diptera	clock-like protein	34/41	0/41	ETN62614
	Macrobrachium rosenbergii	Arthropoda—Malacostraca—Decapoda	clock	28/29	0/29	AAX44045
	Thermobia domestica	Arthropoda—Insecta—Thysanura	clock	25/29	0/29	AJ16353
	Eurydice pulchra	Arthropoda—Malacostraca—Isopoda	clock 1–7	25/29	0/29	AGV28721
Nnbmal1	Pacifastacus leniusculus	Arthropoda—Malacostraca—Decapoda	bmal1a	72/75	1/75	AFV39705
	Eurydice pulchra	Arthropoda—Malacostraca—Isopoda	brain and muscle arnt-like protein-1	59/75	1/75	AGV28715
	Tribolium castaneum	Arthropoda—Insecta—Coleoptera	cycle protein	46/73	6/73	EFA01256
	Phyllotreta striolata	Arthropoda—Insecta—Coleoptera	cycle protein, partial	46/61	6/61	CCA29756
	Culex quinquefasciatus	Arthropoda—Insecta—Diptera	circadian protein clock/arnt/bmal/pas	45/72	6/72	XP_001865023