Table 4.
Edit operations performed in the matrix generated from the original input
| Edit type | Characters affected | Operations | Edit effort |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delete | quantity of leg [15], character of carapace [4], length of carapace [147], width of carapace [76], length of abdomen [133], length of sternum [168], quantity of iii tibia/metatarsu [1], quantity of iii [8], quantity of leg-3 [1] | delete column | 9 |
| Rename | quantity of whole-organism [162] | Rename as "length of whole-organism (new)" | 1 |
| quantity of carapace (split, length) [139] | Rename as "length of carapace (new)" | 1 | |
| quantity of carapace (split, width) [129] | Rename as "width of carapace (new)" | 1 | |
| quantity of abdomen (split, length) [133] | Rename as "length of abdomen (new)" | 1 | |
| quantity of sternum (split, length) [165] | Rename as "length of sternum (new)" | 1 | |
| quantity of spiracle-epigastrium [138] | Rename as "distance of spiracle-epigastrium (new)" | 1 | |
| quantity of spiracle-spinneret [155] | Rename as "distance of spiracle-spinneret (new)" | 1 | |
| quantity of i tibia [189] | Rename as "length of leg i tibia (new)" | 1 | |
| quantity of i metatarsus [189] | Rename as "length of leg i metatarsus (new)" | 1 | |
| quantity of ii tibia [188] | Rename as "length of leg ii tibia (new)" | 1 | |
| quantity of ii metatarsus [188] | Rename as "length of leg ii metatarsus (new)" | 1 | |
| quantity of iii tibia [185] | Rename as "length of leg iii tibia (new)" | 1 | |
| quantity of iii metatarsus [185] | Rename as "length of leg iii metatarsus (new)" | 1 | |
| quantity of iv tibia [186] | Rename as "length of leg iv tibia (new)" | 1 | |
| quantity of iv metatarsus [186] | Rename as "length of leg iv metatarsus (new)" | 1 | |
| Merge | length of whole-organism (new) [162], quantity of body [1] | Merge into length of whole-organism (new)" | 1 |
| length of carapace(new) [129], quantity of prosoma(split, length) [37], quantity of thoracic-groove [6], quantity of cephalic-area [1], quantity of front [2], quantity of ocular-area(split, length) [2] | Merge into “length of carapace (new)” | 5 | |
| width of carapace (new) [139], quantity of prosoma(split, width) [37], quantity of ocular-area(split, width) [1] | Merge into “width of carapace (new)” | 2 | |
| length of palpal-tarsus [5]*, quantity of palpal-tarsus [57] | Merge into “length of palpal-tarsus” | 1 | |
| length of abdomen (new) [133], quantity of opisthosomum(split, length) [44] | Merge into “length of abdomen (new)” | 1 | |
| width of abdomen [2]*, quantity of opisthosomum(split, width) [7], quantity of abdomen (split, width) [128] | Merge into “width of abdomen” | 2 | |
| quantity of sternum (split, width) [160], width of sternum [1]* | Merge into “width of sternum” | 1 | |
| distance of spiracle-spinneret (new) [155], quantity of spiracle [1], quantity of spiracle spinneret [2] | Merge into “distance of spinneret-spiracle(new)” | 2 | |
| quantity of epigastric-furrow [1], distance of spiracle-epigastrium (new) [138], quantity of epigastrium-epigastrium [1], quantity of epigastrium-spiracle [20] | Merge into “distance of epigastrium-spiracle (new)” | 3 | |
| length of leg ii tibia (new) [188], quantity of ii (split, tibia) [5] | Merge into ”length of leg ii tibia(new)“ | 1 | |
| length of leg ii metatarsus (new) [188], quantity of ii (split, metatarsus) [3] | Merge into “length of leg ii metatarsus(new)” | 1 | |
| length of leg iv tibia (new) [186], quantity of iv (split, tibia) [4] | Merge into "length of leg iv tibia(new)" | 1 | |
| length of leg iv metatarsus (new) [186], quantity of iv (split, metatarsus) [3] | Merge into "length of leg iv metatarsus(new)" | 1 | |
| Total edits | 46 |
The numbers in “[]” indicate the number of values affected by an edit operation. Characters indicated with an “*” were retained without edits