Table 3.

Homogeneity of 18S rRNA gene sequences of Argulus spp. and related species available in GenBank database

Argulus spp. and related	NCBI Accession	Homogeneity (%)
group from NCBI database	number	KF583878	KF583879	KF192316	KM016968	KM016969	KM016970
Argulus rhipidiophorus A. foliaceus	KF747862 KF747861	91 91	97 97	96 96	91 91	89 90	89 89
A. japonicus	KF747860	89	66	93	89	88	87
A. japonicus	KF747859	89	96	92	89	88	87
A. japonicus	KF747858	91	97	96	91	89	89
A. japonicus	KF747857	91	98	96	91	90	89
A. japonicus	KF747856	91	97	96	91	89	89
A. japonicus	KF747855	91	98	96	91	90	89
A. japonicus	JQ740820	92	99	97	92	91	90
A. coregoni	JQ740819	92	99	97	92	91	90
A.foliaceus	JN558648	92	99	97	92	91	90
Argulus sp.	JN558647	92	98	97	92	91	90
A. japonicus	DQ813452	92	96	97	92	90	91
A. monodi	EU370428	90	82	82	89	88	82
A. foliaceus	DQ531766	93	95	96	93	92	88
Argulus sp.	M27187	84	97	95	84	83	91
A. nobilis	HM545890	84	85	88	84	83	83
Caligus sp.	AY446897	83	89	89	83	82	85
Calanus sp.	DQ107572	82	85	87	82	81	83
Ergasilus branini Lernaea	DQ107557 DQ107579	79 85	84 83	87 86	85 82	85 82	82 81
cyprinacea Cyclops sp.	U17354	80	78	77	80	80	80
Ichthyophthirius multifiliis Present study A. bengalensis	KF583878	100	92	94	100	99	98
A. siamensis	KF583879	92	100	91	92	91	91
A. bengalensis	KF192316	91	94	100	91	90	90
A. bengalensis	KM016968	100	92	91	100	99	98
A. bengalensis	KM016969	99	91	90	99	100	99
A. bengalensis	KM016970	98	91	90	98	99	100