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Table 2 Cumulative percentage of the taxa (Cum %) contributing to more than 60% of each habitat’s total abundance

From: Composition, uniqueness and connectivity across tropical coastal lagoon habitats in the Red Sea

Taxa

Tax. Group

Cum %

HPT

M1–Overall similarity 18%

 Ceratocephale sp.

POL

8.9

OCCA

 Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus strombus

SIP

16.7

FRE

 Protodorvillea sp.

POL

24.6

RARE

 Eunice indica

POL

30.5

FRE

 Diogenes costatus

DEC

35.3

FRE

 Lysidice unicornis

POL

38.8

OCCA

 Simplisetia erythraeensis

POL

42.4

OCCA

 Aspidosiphon sp.

SIP

45.5

RARE

 Syllis hyllebergi

POL

48.7

OCCA

 Marphysa macintoshi

POL

51.7

RES

 Scoletoma sp.

POL

54.5

OCCA

 Thalamita poissonii

DEC

57.2

OCCA

 Linopherus sp.

POL

59.6

RARE

 Nemertea

NEM

62.0

OCCA

M2-Overall similarity 14%

 Simplisetia erythraeensis

POL

32.1

FRE

 Paphies angusta

BIV

48.8

RARE

 Ceratocephale sp.

POL

58.0

OCCA

 Paucibranchia adenensis

POL

63.1

OCCA

S1-Overall similarity 25%

 Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus strombus

SIP

28.3

RES

 Metaprotella africana

AMP

42.1

RARE

 Barbatia foliata

BIV

49.6

RES

 Aquilonastra burtoni

AST

56.5

RES

 Amphioplus cyrtacanthus

OPH

59.9

FRE

 Cardiolucina semperiana

BIV

62.2

RES

S2-Overall similarity 19%

 Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus strombus

SIP

12.1

RES

 Eunice indica

POL

20.0

RES

 Lumbrineris sp1

POL

27.1

RES

 Aonides sp.

POL

33.5

OCCA

 Lysidice unicornis

POL

39.1

FRE

 Amphioplus (Lymanella) hastatus

OPH

43.7

RES

 Barbatia foliata

BIV

46.9

OCCA

 Paradoneis lyra

POL

49.9

OCCA

 Euclymene spp.

POL

52.8

FRE

 Notomastus sp.

POL

55.3

FRE

 Cardiolucina semperiana

BIV

57.7

FRE

 Pseudosympodomma persicum

CUM

59.8

FRE

 Goniada multidentata

POL

61.6

RES

Unvegetated-Overall similarity 16%

 Eunice indica

POL

5.5

FRE

 Aonides sp.

POL

10.0

SEASONAL

 Lumbrineris sp2

POL

13.7

OCCA

 Ampelisca brevicornis

AMP

17.2

FRE

 Ancilla sp3

GAS

20.3

OCCA

 Glycinde bonhourei

POL

23.3

OCCA

 Schizaster gibberulus

ECH

26.2

FRE

 Diplocirrus sp.

POL

28.9

SEASONAL

 Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus strombus

SIP

31.7

OCCA

 Nemertea

NEM

34.1

OCCA

 Amphioplus cyrtacanthus

OPH

36.3

RARE

 Leptochela aculeocaudata

DEC

38.6

OCCA

 Lumbrineris sp1

POL

40.8

OCCA

 Kirkegaardia sp1

POL

42.9

SEASONAL

 Lumbrineris sp3

POL

45.0

RARE

 Paucibranchia adenensis

POL

47.1

OCCA

 Magelona cincta

POL

49.0

OCCA

 Macrophthalmus graeffei

DEC

50.8

SEASONAL

 Amphiodia duplicata

OPH

52.4

OCCA

 Antalis rossati

SCA

54.0

OCCA

 Dentalium bisexangulatum

SCA

55.6

OCCA

 Branchiostoma lanceolatum

CEPH

57.1

OCCA

 Chaetozone setosa

POL

58.4

OCCA

 Euclymene spp

POL

59.6

OCCA

 Streblosoma persica

POL

60.9

RARE

  1. For each taxa, it is provided the taxonomic group (Tax. Group) and the Habitat Preference Trait (HPT). Pol Polychaeta, SIP Sipuncula, BIV Bivalvia, DEC Decapoda, NEM Nemertea, AMP Amphipoda, Cum Cumacea, OPH Ophiuroidea, AST Asteroidea, CEPH Cephalochordata, ECH Echinoidea, SCA Scaphopoda, GAS Gastropoda, RES resident, FRE frequent, OCCA occasional, SEASONAL and RARE. See text for further explanations