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Table 2 Transitions between life habit states determined from ancestral state reconstruction on the Bayesian topology

From: Convergent and parallel evolution in life habit of the scallops (Bivalvia: Pectinidae)

Behavioral transition

Number of observed

Recessing to permanent attachment

0

Recessing to byssal attachment

0

Recessing to free-living

0

Recessing to gliding

2

Permanent attachment* to byssal attachment

0

Permanent attachment to free-living

0

Permanent attachment to recessing

0

Permanent attachment to gliding

0

Byssal attachment to permanent attachment

3 (2 cementing; 1 nestling)

Byssal attachment to free-living

6

Byssal attachment to recessing

1

Byssal attachment to gliding

2

Free-living to permanent attachment

0

Free-living to byssal attachment

1

Free-living to recessing

1

Free-living to gliding

0

Gliding to permanent attachment

0

Gliding to byssal attachment

0

Gliding to recessing

0

Gliding to free-living

1

Total number of transitions

17

  1. *Cementing and nestling are grouped together under permanent attachment.