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Table 1 Sampling information on the green crab Carcinus aestuarii including collection sites, countries, Mediterranean basins, regions, geographic coordinates, and number of examined specimens (N) per each location. Genetic diversity measures (including number of haplotype (Nh), number of polymorphic sites (Nps), haplotype (h) and nucleotide (π) diversities, and mean number of nucleotide differences (K)) and historical demographic results (inferred from: Tajima’s D test (D), Fu’s F S test (F S ), Ramos-Onsins and Rozas’s R2 test (R2), and mismatch distribution raggedness index (rg)) were also provided for each investigated location and the total dataset

From: Parapatric genetic divergence among deep evolutionary lineages in the Mediterranean green crab, Carcinus aestuarii (Brachyura, Portunoidea, Carcinidae), accounts for a sharp phylogeographic break in the Eastern Mediterranean

Collection site

Country

Mediterranean Basin

Region

Geographic coordinates

N

Nh

Nps

h

Ï€

K

D

F S

R 2

rg

Tabarkab

Tunisia

Western Mediterranean

Algerian Basin

36°57′N 08°45′E

10

5

6

0.756 ± 0.130

0.0023 ± 0.0006

1.355

−1.492

−1.507

0.137

0.042

Bizerteb

Tunisia

Western Mediterranean

Algerian Basin

37°16′N 09°52′E

15

8

10

0.867 ± 0.067

0.0030 ± 0.0005

1.771

−1.613

−3.541

0.083

0.064

Sidi Raisb

Tunisia

Western Mediterranean

Algerian Basin

36°46′N 10°32′E

11

5

21

0.709 ± 0.137

0.0072 ± 0.0045

4.236

−1.859

1.435

0.258

0.094

Kelibiab

Tunisia

Western Mediterranean

Afro-Sicilian Basin

36°51′N 11°05′E

10

5

6

0.667 ± 0.163

0.0023 ± 0.0008

1.355

−1.492

−1.507

0.137

0.037

Benikhiarb

Tunisia

Western Mediterranean

Afro-Sicilian Basin

36°28′N 10°46′E

12

2

1

0.167 ± 0.134

0.0002 ± 0.0002

0.166

−1.140

−0.475

0.276

0.472

Monastirb

Tunisia

Eastern Mediterranean

Afro-Sicilian Basin

36°10′N 10°49′E

11

9

28

0.945 ± 0.066

0.0138 ± 0.0051

8.127

−0.692

−1.391

0.120

0.054

Chebbab

Tunisia

Eastern Mediterranean

Afro-Sicilian Basin

35°14′N 11°07′E

12

11

31

0.985 ± 0.040

0.0160 ± 0.0039

9.424

−0.369

−3.052

0.118

0.051

Sfaxb

Tunisia

Eastern Mediterranean

Afro-Sicilian Basin

34°44′N 10°45′E

15

12

27

0.943 ± 0.054

0.0166 ± 0.0025

9.752

0.729

−2.077

0.160

0.026

Djerbab

Tunisia

Eastern Mediterranean

Afro-Sicilian Basin

33°52′N 10°51′E

14

9

29

0.912 ± 0.059

0.0186 ± 0.0022

10.967

0.867

0.813

0.166

0.044

Tripolib

Libya

Eastern Mediterranean

Afro-Sicilian Basin

32°54′N 13°11′E

11

6

23

0.891 ± 0.063

0.0089 ± 0.0043

5.254

−1.512

0.848

0.227

0.095

Mosratab

Libya

Eastern Mediterranean

Afro-Sicilian Basin

32°22′N 15°05′E

12

8

28

0.894 ± 0.078

0.0150 ± 0.0044

8.833

− 0.212

0.420

0.140

0.094

Venice Lagoonb

Italy

Eastern Mediterranean

Adriatic Sea

45°27′N 12°16′E

11

7

10

0.909 ± 0.066

0.0060 ± 0.0009

3.563

0.186

−1.205

0.149

0.064

Pomera

Croatia

Eastern Mediterranean

Adriatic Sea

44°49′N 13°53′E

20

15

19

0.953 ± 0.035

0.0047 ± 0.0008

2.810

−1.797

−11.055

0.052

0.046

Amvrakikosa

Greece

Eastern Mediterranean

Ionian Sea

39°1.2’N20°45.3′E

13

7

11

0.731 ± 0.133

0.0028 ± 0.0008

1.692

−2.112

−2.833

0.093

0.044

Lefkada

Greece

Eastern Mediterranean

Ionian Sea

38°49.6’N 20°43′E

14

8

27

0.824 ± 0.098

0.0088 ± 0.0045

5.208

−1.648

−0.315

0.184

0.042

Navarinoa

Greece

Eastern Mediterranean

Ionian Sea

36°57’N 21°39.7′E

10

7

26

0.867 ± 0.107

0.0220 ± 0.0040

12.911

1.930

1.481

0.230

0.241

Alexandroupolis

Greece

Eastern Mediterranean

Aegean Sea

40°51′N 25°52′E

12

7

20

0.773 ± 0.128

0.0083 ± 0.0024

4.893

−1.146

− 0.074

0.097

0.053

Izmir Bay

Turkey

Eastern Mediterranean

Aegean Sea

38°27′N 27°05′E

6

3

4

0.600 ± 0.215

0.0022 ± 0.0009

1.333

−1.295

0.296

0.235

0.737

Enez Dalyan Lagoon

Turkey

Eastern Mediterranean

Aegean Sea

40°42′N 26°03′E

20

13

23

0.853 ± 0.080

0.0050 ± 0.0014

2.973

−2.081

−6.804

0.062

0.055

Dardanelles Strait

Turkey

Eastern Mediterranean

Sea of Marmara

40°13′N 26°32′E

5

3

12

0.700 ± 0.218

0.0081 ± 0.0036

4.800

−1.205

2.225

0.291

0.470

Prince’s Islands

Turkey

Eastern Mediterranean

Sea of Marmara

40°52′N 29°05′E

12

6

16

0.758 ± 0.122

0.0065 ± 0.0022

3.833

−1.193

0.323

0.142

0.084

Bosphorus Strait

Turkey

Eastern Mediterranean

Sea of Marmara

41°12′N 29°06′E

7

6

7

0.952 ± 0.096

0.0050 ± 0.0007

2.952

0.172

−2.275

0.165

0.065

Total

    

263

106

97

0.912 ± 0.012

0.0211 ± 0.0009

12.389

− 0.650

−23.885

0.062

0.023

  1. Significant values are in bold. Non-significant values for the raggedness index (rg) accept the null hypothesis of expectation under a sudden demographic expansion model. a: Data examined by Ragionieri and Schubart [35]. b: Data examined by Deli et al. [12]. Examined specimens of the population of Navarino (labelled as Peloponnesus in Ragionieri and Schubart [35]) were those assigned to Cox1 type I