Table 1 Summary of K2P distances between barcode sequences at each taxonomic level
| Â | Label | n | Taxa* | Comparisons | Min Dist (%) | Mean Dist (%) | Max Dist (%) | SE Dist (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Entire dataset | Within Species | 2070 | 186 | 40,374 | 0.00 | 1.44 | 27.45 | 0.00 |
Within Genus | 2091 | 34 | 88,915 | 0.00 | 14.21 | 28.82 | 0.00 | |
Within Family | 2164 | 1 | 2,211,077 | 1.85 | 22.21 | 34.09 | 0.00 | |
Identified Morphospecies | Within Species | 1614 | 109 | 36,966 | 0.00 | 1.54 | 27.45 | 0.00 |
Within Genus | 1526 | 24 | 55,140 | 0.00 | 15.35 | 28.74 | 0.00 | |
Within Family | 1636 | 1 | 1,245,324 | 2.16 | 22.29 | 32.88 | 0.00 | |
Unidentified BIN-species | Within BIN-Species | 456 | 77 | 3408 | 0.00 | 0.39 | 2.81 | 0.00 |
Within Genus | 502 | 18 | 13,109 | 1.07 | 12.86 | 28.07 | 0.00 | |
Within Family | 528 | 1 | 122,611 | 3.27 | 21.67 | 32.78 | 0.00 |