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Table 6 Molecular diagnostic characters of Pontohedyle kepii sp. nov.

From: How to describe a cryptic species? Practical challenges of molecular taxonomy

Marker

Diagnostic characters with position in alignment (in reference sequence)

18S rRNA

199 (182), G; 202 (185), C; 203, deletion; 204, deletion; 206, deletion; 254 (244), T; 707 (697), T; 1355 (1345), A; 1356 (1346), C

28S rRNA

410 (439), T; 419 (448), C; 719 (754), G; 867 (902), C

16S rRNA

11, T; 184 (189), A; 187 (192), C; 239 (267), A; 242, deletion; 243, deletion; 244, deletion; 294 (324), G; 302 (328), G

COI

49, A; 79, T; 118, C; 148, C; 160, A; 193, G; 292, G; 331, G; 466, T; 494, G; 583, G; 628, A; 638, C

COI (AA)

165, D