Cleaning up the 'Bigmessidae': Molecular phylogeny of scleractinian corals from Faviidae, Merulinidae, Pectiniidae and Trachyphylliidae

Table 3 Clades supported by maximum likelihood analysis for each partition.

Clade	Nuclear DNA	mt DNA	28S rDNA	histone H3	ITS sequence	ITS structure	mt COI	mt IGR
XV to XXI	√√	√√	√√	√√	√√	√√	√√
XV+XVI	√√	X	√√	√√	√	√√	XX
XVII to XXI	√√	√√	√	√√	√√	√	√√
XXI	√√	√√	√				√√
XIX+XX¹	√√	√	√	√√	X	√√	√
XVII	√√	X	√	√√	√	X	X	√√
XVII-A	√√	X	√√	√√	√√	X	X	X
XVII-B	√√	X	X	√√	√√	√√	X	√
XVII-C	√√	XX	√√	√√	√√	X	X
XVII-D/E	√√	XX	X	X	√√	√	XX	√√
XVII-F	√√	X	√√	√√	X	√√	XX
XVII-G	√√	√√	√√	√√	X	X	√	√√
XVII-H	√√	X	√√	√√	√√		√√	√√
XVII-I²	√√	X	√√	√√	√√	√	X	X

¹Montastraea multipunctata and Moseleya latistellata are herein considered as part of clade XIX+XX.
²Subclade I is expanded to include Montastraea salebrosa.
'√√': clade present with ≥50 bootstrap support; '√': clade present but not supported (<50 bootstrap); 'XX': contradicted clade with ≥50 bootstrap support; and 'X': contradicted clade not supported. Empty cells indicate insufficient data.

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