Table 2.
SIMPER analysis results identifying the 30 most discriminating taxa that combined contribute to 51.841% of the differentiation between the British Virgin Islands and the other four locations
| Rank | Scientific name | Super kingdom | Kingdom | Phylum | Average Bah, Bel, Jam & T&C | Average BVI | Cumulative sum | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Superkingdom | Eukaryota (703) | 31.82 | 0.944 | 18.601 | |||
| 2 | Species | Rhizosolenia setigera | Chromalveolata | Stramenopiles | Bacillariophyta | 0 | 6.27 | 22.361 |
| 3 | Species | Micromonas commoda | Archaeplastida | Viridiplantae | Chlorophyta | 5.366 | 2.208 | 25.838 |
| 4 | Class | Dinophyceae | Chromalveolata | Alveolata | Dinoflagellata | 6.146 | 1.577 | 28.624 |
| 5 | Superkingdom | Eukaryota | 2.093 | 5.048 | 31.044 | |||
| 6 | Kingdom | Stramenopiles | Chromalveolata | Stramenopiles | 0.007 | 3.443 | 33.105 | |
| 7 | Superkingdom | Eukaryota | 3.018 | 0 | 34.915 | |||
| 8 | Class | Oomycetes | Chromalveolata | Stramenopiles | Oomycota | 0.816 | 3.156 | 36.506 |
| 9 | No rank | Micromonas pusilla | Archaeplastida | Viridiplantae | Chlorophyta | 0.877 | 2.863 | 38.012 |
| 10 | Kingdom | Stramenopiles | Chromalveolata | Stramenopiles | 0.605 | 2.546 | 39.242 | |
| 11 | Superkingdom | Eukaryota | 1.73 | 2.292 | 40.192 | |||
| 12 | Order | Spionida | Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Annelida | 0 | 1.561 | 41.29 |
| 13 | Kingdom | Stramenopiles | Chromalveolata | Stramenopiles | 0.03 | 1.468 | 41.991 | |
| 14 | Kingdom | Metazoa | Opisthokonta | Metazoa | 0.046 | 1.449 | 42.834 | |
| 15 | Kingdom | Metazoa | Opisthokonta | Metazoa | 0.103 | 1.405 | 43.615 | |
| 16 | Superkingdom | Eukaryota | 0.37 | 1.549 | 44.388 | |||
| 17 | Order | Spionida | Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Annelida | 0 | 1.046 | 45.015 |
| 18 | Superkingdom | Eukaryota | 0.041 | 1.037 | 45.617 | |||
| 19 | No rank | Eumetazoa | Opisthokonta | Metazoa | 0 | 0.989 | 46.21 | |
| 20 | Superkingdom | Eukaryota | 0.094 | 1.051 | 46.792 | |||
| 21 | Kingdom | Stramenopiles | Chromalveolata | Stramenopiles | 1.115 | 0.824 | 47.37 | |
| 22 | Species | Hematodinium sp. | Chromalveolata | Alveolata | Dinoflagellata | 0.029 | 0.955 | 47.925 |
| 23 | Phylum | Bacillariophyta | Chromalveolata | Stramenopiles | Bacillariophyta | 0.122 | 0.926 | 48.463 |
| 24 | Kingdom | Stramenopiles | Chromalveolata | Stramenopiles | 0.974 | 0.117 | 48.99 | |
| 25 | Superkingdom | Eukaryota | 0.853 | 0.005 | 49.499 | |||
| 26 | Superkingdom | Eukaryota | 0.086 | 0.916 | 49.998 | |||
| 27 | Superkingdom | Eukaryota | 0.833 | 0.042 | 50.479 | |||
| 28 | Superkingdom | Eukaryota | 0.768 | 0 | 50.94 | |||
| 29 | Phylum | Arthropoda | Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Arthropoda | 0.152 | 0.755 | 51.397 |
| 30 | Kingdom | Metazoa | Opisthokonta | Metazoa | 0.013 | 0.754 | 51.841 |
The MOTU contributing most to the differentiation is assigned to an unidentified Eukaryotic taxon, MOTU number 703, accounting for 18.601% of the differentiation. This MOTU is abundant in the four overlapping locations while rare in the British Virgin Islands.