Table 1.

Species delimitation using BFD* with SNP data from the Hawaiian Montipora based on the ‘coral’ data set. The six analysed models are ranked according to their Bays Factor (BF) value

Model	MLE	Rank	BF
A - current taxonomy	− 572.42	5	N/A
B - splits M. dilatata and M. cf. turgescens samples into different species	−318.88	2	−507.1
C - M. dilatata complex as a single species	− 721.67	5	298.5
D - groups M. capitata by colour morphs (Yellow/orange; Red)	− 288.39	1	− 568.1
E - Lumps M. dilatata into a single species; splits all remaining samples of the complex as different species	−338.36	4	− 468.1
F - Groups M. dilatata and M. flabellata into a single species; splits M. cf. turgescens	−328.74	3	− 487.4

MLE marginal likelihood estimate, BF Bayes factor.

Values in bold correspond to the best estimated model