Table 3. Sequence divergence (uncorrected pairwise distance values) for 16S and cyt-b separating the species of Prosymna. Numbers in the diagonal (in bold) denote intraspecific divergences, numbers below the diagonal denote interspecific divergences and numbers above the diagonal denote the standard error of the interspecific divergences. NA-Not Available.
16S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
1 P. ambigua 3.02 1.28 1.19 1.23 1.07 1.28 1.15 1.03 1.36 1.31 1.13 1.22 1.19
2 P. angolensis 8.58 NA 1.19 0.89 1.08 1.37 1.21 1.21 0.75 1.39 1.23 1.16 1.30
3 P. bivittata 7.28 6.26 0 1.00 1.12 1.39 1.35 1.09 1.28 1.41 1.23 0.95 1.31
4 P. confusa sp. nov. ‘Coastal’ 8.34 3.75 5.07 NA 1.11 1.28 1.29 1.15 0.99 1.30 1.25 1.01 1.32
5 P. frontalis 8.11 7.71 8.01 8.14 5.28 1.22 1.01 0.99 1.15 1.23 0.93 1.08 1.13
6 P. greigerti 9.55 9.96 10.44 8.82 9.84 1.55 1.28 1.30 1.38 0.64 1.34 1.36 1.28
7 P. janii 7.51 7.32 8.63 7.96 6.75 8.35 0 1.02 1.30 1.24 0.93 1.29 1.23
8 P. lineata 6.50 6.73 5.87 6.39 6.93 9.44 5.78 0.69 1.22 1.27 0.92 1.07 1.20
9 P. lisima sp. nov. ‘Eastern’ 10.06 2.92 7.53 4.76 8.56 10.85 8.53 7.36 0.63 1.40 1.30 1.25 1.27
10 P. meleagris 9.62 10.11 10.31 9.16 10.26 2.82 8.39 9.47 11.03 2.52 1.28 1.39 1.32
11 P. stuhlmanni 7.58 7.76 7.51 7.52 6.16 9.24 3.96 5.07 8.37 9.31 NA 1.20 1.25
12 P. sundevalli 8.56 7.63 4.97 5.63 7.85 11.11 8.92 6.32 8.16 11.68 8.04 1.54 1.28
13 P. visseri 7.88 8.38 8.01 8.36 8.01 9.07 7.40 7.90 7.76 9.49 7.77 8.64 0.74
cyt-b
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1 P. angolensis NA 1.43 1.40 1.38 1.58 1.56 1.31 1.67 1.70 1.39 1.64
2 P. bivittata 15.76 0.33 1.41 1.32 1.60 1.55 1.57 1.70 1.72 1.40 1.64
3 P. confusa sp. nov. ‘Coastal’ 13.25 16.35 NA 1.38 1.62 1.60 1.47 1.70 1.72 1.32 1.74
4 P. frontalis 19.95 19.72 19.28 17.97 1.44 1.45 1.44 1.49 1.35 1.34 1.47
5 P. janii 19.64 21.50 19.91 20.17 1.08 1.59 1.57 1.72 1.62 1.51 1.67
6 P. lineata 18.92 17.84 18.36 20.18 20.16 0.22 1.55 1.82 1.73 1.38 1.66
7 P. lisima sp. nov. ‘Eastern’ 13.90 18.73 15.55 21.38 19.75 17.67 1.58 1.71 1.69 1.39 1.58
8 P. ruspolii 23.86 24.05 23.75 23.45 24.40 25.26 23.81 NA 1.80 1.67 1.69
9 P. stuhlmanni 20.75 20.92 20.83 18.79 17.97 20.52 20.68 23.47 NA 1.45 1.65
10 P. sundevalli 15.99 16.08 14.63 19.51 18.97 15.39 17.61 23.70 17.52 6.49 1.59
11 P. visseri 21.87 22.29 22.38 21.27 20.33 22.57 21.73 25.04 19.56 20.49 3.09