Table 5.
Genetic distances among octopuses collected and reported in the Revillagigedo Archipelago (RA) and ocellate and non-ocellate octopuses of the world estimated for a fragment of COI gene sequences. Octopus maya (Oct may), Amphioctopus exalatus (Amp exa), Amphioctopus fangsiao (Amp fan), Amphioctopus kagoshimensis (Amp kag), Amphioctopus mototi (Amp mot), Amphioctopus neglectus (Amp neg), Amphioctopus ovulum (Amp ovu), Octopus cyanea (Oct cya), Our specimens (Our spe), Octopus hubbsorum (Oct hub), Octopus bimaculoides (Oct bdes), Octopus bimaculatus (Oct btus), Enteroctopus dofleini (Ent dof), Octopus insularis (Oct ins), Octopus vulgaris (Oct vul), Octopus tetricus (Oct tet), Octopus fitchi (Oct fit), Robsonella fontaniana (Rob fon), Hapalochlaena fasciata (Hap fas), Abdopus aculeatus (Abd acu), Ameloctopus litoralis (Ame lit), Bathypolypus sponsalis (Bat spo), Eledone cirrhosa (Ele cirr), Muusoctopus longibrachis (Muu lon) and Octopus mimus (Oct mim).
| Species | Oct | Amp | Amp | Amp | Amp | Oct | Our | Oct | Oct | Oct | Ent | Oct | Oct | Oct | Oct | Rob | Hap | Abd | Ame | Bat | E/e | Muu | Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| may | fan | kag | neg | ovu | cya | spe | hub | bdes | btus | dof | ins | vu/ | tet | fit | Jon | fas | acu | lit | spa | cir | lon | mim | |
| Oct may | 0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amp fan | 15.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amp kag | 17.5% | 13.9% | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Amp neg | 17.7% | 15.8% | 14.1% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Amp ovu | 16.7% | 13.6% | 13.8% | 14.5% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Oct cya | 13.2% | 15.8% | 14.8% | 16.2% | 14.0% | ||||||||||||||||||
| Our spe | 7.3% | 14.0% | 18.0% | 17.2% | 17.5% | 14.8% | |||||||||||||||||
| Oct hub | 7.3% | 14.2% | 18.0% | 17.4% | 17.5% | 14.6% | 0.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Oct bdes | 10.9% | 14.1% | 15.5% | 17.9% | 16.9% | 15.4% | 9.6% | 9.6% | |||||||||||||||
| Oct btus | 10.5% | 14.0% | 16.5% | 18.1% | 17.4% | 14.2% | 9.8% | 9.8% | 6.2% | ||||||||||||||
| Ent dof | 18.0% | 18.9% | 19.8% | 17.5% | 16.4% | 16.2% | 18.6% | 18.6% | 19.1% | 19.1% | |||||||||||||
| Oct ins | 7.7% | 14.8% | 16.5% | 16.6% | 16.1% | 13.4% | 5.9% | 5.9% | 9.7% | 9.7% | 17.6% | ||||||||||||
| Oct vul | 14.3% | 16.4% | 16.0% | 15.8% | 17.6% | 16.4% | 12.8% | 13.0% | 14.3% | 13.6% | 18.6% | 11.8% | |||||||||||
| Oct tet | 14.3% | 15.7% | 16.6% | 15.1% | 16.7% | 15.1% | 12.1% | 12.3% | 14.7% | 14.5% | 17.1% | 11.8% | 3.4% | ||||||||||
| Oct fit | 17.1% | 15.6% | 16.9% | 17.3% | 15.9% | 15.9% | 15.9% | 15.9% | 18.7% | 18.8% | 18.1% | 16.7% | 17.1% | 15.8% | |||||||||
| Rob Jon | 16.0% | 17.5% | 16.7% | 15.6% | 15.9% | 16.6% | 16.4% | 16.1% | 16.1% | 17.3% | 14.1% | 15.8% | 17.8% | 16.8% | 15.2% | ||||||||
| Hap fas | 16.1% | 14.1% | 14.8% | 17.1% | 17.0% | 16.1% | 16.4% | 16.4% | 15.7% | 16.0% | 19.4% | 15.5% | 16.1% | 15.3% | 17.6% | 17.4% | |||||||
| Abd acu | 16.8% | 17.0% | 17.3% | 16.5% | 18.2% | 13.5% | 16.5% | 16.5% | 18.2% | 16.1% | 20.9% | 16.1% | 16.9% | 17.0% | 16.4% | 16.8% | 16.8% | ||||||
| Ame lit | 18.6% | 18.9% | 19.0% | 18.6% | 16.8% | 18.2% | 18.9% | 18.7% | 18.0% | 18.8% | 17.3% | 17.3% | 17.7% | 17.3% | 16.2% | 17.1% | 18.2% | 18.5% | |||||
| Bat spo | 18.1% | 17.3% | 16.7% | 16.0% | 15.8% | 15.8% | 18.2% | 18.2% | 17.5% | 18.4% | 14.9% | 17.5% | 17.9% | 16.8% | 18.6% | 14.1% | 18.1% | 17.3% | 19.4% | ||||
| Ele cir | 16.4% | 16.9% | 16.8% | 19.7% | 18.7% | 15.1% | 16.9% | 16.9% | 16.9% | 17.2% | 17.6% | 17.0% | 16.7% | 14.9% | 16.8% | 15.3% | 18.1% | 16.0% | 17.8% | 16.4% | |||
| Muu lon | 19.3% | 20.3% | 18.6% | 17.4% | 16.9% | 17.4% | 20.5% | 20.5% | 21.0% | 19.7% | 9.4% | 19.5% | 18.5% | 17.4% | 20.0% | 14.8% | 19.1% | 19.5% | 19.8% | 15.6% | 17.4% | ||
| Oct mim | 7.4% | 14.1% | 17.9% | 17.5% | 17.4% | 14.7% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 9.5% | 9.5% | 18.7% | 5.8% | 12.9% | 12.2% | 15.8% | 16.2% | 16.2% | 16.6% | 18.8% | 18.1% | 17.0% | 20.1% | 0% |