Table 5.

Genetic distances (P-distances in %) for the COI dataset of the genus Echinorhynchus

Species	No. of sequences	Ø distances within groups	Max. distances	E. cinctulus (E1)	E. cinctulus (E2)
E. cinctulus (E1)	5	0.5	0.7
E. cinctulus (E2)	6	0.1	0.2	2.2–2.9
E. cinctulus (GenBank)	1			19.8–20.4	19.6–19.8
E. salmonis	1			27.2. – 27.5	27–27.2
Echinorhynchus spp.	5	6.4	7.9	20.9–22.9	21.3–22.9

Groups containing specimens of this study are highlighted in grey.