Table 1 Species delimitation based on Bayes Factor Delimitation (BDF).
From: Rapid diversification underlying the global dominance of a cosmopolitan phytoplankton
Hypothesis | Number of species | MLE | BF | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gephyocapsa huxleyi is a single species (Null hypothesis) | 1 | −53,986 | 0 | 4 |
Gephyrocapsa huxleyi is composed of two morphospecies (morphogroups A and B) | 2 | −54,078 | 184 | 5 |
Gephyrocapsa huxleyi is composed of three species, as suggested by the PCA (lineages A1, A2 and B) | 3 | −53,558 | −856 | 1 |
Gephyrocapsa huxleyi is composed of five species (two within the A morphogroup and three within the B morphogroup) | 5 | −53,569 | −834 | 2 |
Each sub-clade (e.g., A1a, A1b, A1c, A1d) is a distinct species | 8 | −53,708 | −556 | 3 |
