Table 3 Geographic distribution of the shared endemic marine species.
From: Restructuring of the ‘Macaronesia’ biogeographic unit: A marine multi-taxon biogeographical approach
Shared endemics geographic distribution | Number of Archipelagos | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
Coastal fishes (# species) | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Coastal fishes (%) | 46.1 | 15.4 | 38.5 | 0.0 |
Echinoderms (# species) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Echinoderms (%) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Gastropods (# species) | 3 | 10 | 35 | 56 |
Gastropods (%) | 2.9 | 9.6 | 33.7 | 53.8 |
Brachyuran crabs (# species) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Brachyuran crabs (%) | 0.0 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 71.4 |
Polychaetes (# species) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Polychaetes (%) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 66.7 |
Macroalgae (# species) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
Macroalgae (%) | 5.9 | 17.6 | 23.5 | 52.9 |
All phyla (# species) | 10 | 17 | 44 | 67 |
% | 6.7 | 11.3 | 31.3 | 50.7 |
