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Table 2 Diversity of clownfish communities is consistent with the species recognition hypothesis

From: Ontogenetic and phylogenetic simplification during white stripe evolution in clownfishes

Location

Number of species

Maximum of identical pairs

Randomization

P value

Proportion less

Proportion equal

Proportion greater

Marshall Island

4

1

0.1393

0.6402

0.2205

< 0.0001

Japan

3

0

0.1845

0.5715

0.2440

< 0.0001

Lombok

3

0

0.1850

0.5676

0.2474

< 0.0001

Christmas Island

3

0

0

0.4472

0.5528

< 0.0001

Bali

3

0

0

0.4568

0.5432

< 0.0001

Komodo

5

3

0.5958

0.3068

0.0974

1.00

Keppels (GBR)

3

3

0.5131

0.2974

0.1895

1.00

Hoga

6

3

0.1807

0.4369

0.3824

< 0.0001

  1. Number of pairs of identical stripe patterns in the eight clownfish communities, compared to communities assembled randomly from all clownfish species living in the western and central Pacific Provinces (i.e., a total of 10 species). The maximum number of identical pairs within each natural community was calculated by including the possibility of color polymorphism in some species