Table 1 Summary of specimens used in this study, the areas where they were collected, and Accession numbers associated to their DNA entries in DNA Data Bank of Japan database. The average distance between the different samples collected in Okinawa (OT) is 3.29 km, and the distance range is 0.02–7.90 km. The average depth for the whole set of samples analyzed in this study (YZ + HD + OT) is 1520 m, and the depth range is 840–1628 m.

From: Genetic population structures of common scavenging species near hydrothermal vents in the Okinawa Trough

Taxonomy

Collected year

Region

Site

Number of individuals

Accession no

Simenchelys parasitica

2014

Okinawa Trough

OT1

20

LC532948-LC532967

2014

Okinawa Trough

OT2

20

LC532968-LC532987

2014

Okinawa Trough

OT3

20

LC532988-LC533007

2014

Okinawa Trough

OT4

20

LC533014-LC533033

2014

Okinawa Trough

OT5

14

LC533034-LC533047

2015

Okinawa Trough

OT6

2

LC533048-LC533049

2015

Okinawa Trough

OT7

6

LC533008-LC533013

2015

Suruga Bay

YZ

24

LC533050-LC533073

Synaphobranchus kaupii

2014

Okinawa Trough

OT4

2

LC532911-LC532912

2014

Okinawa Trough

OT1

1

LC532913

2015

Okinawa Trough

OT6

3

LC532914-LC532916

2015

Suruga Bay

YZ

6

LC532917-LC532922

2016

Off Hokkaido

HD

25

LC532923-LC532947

Amphipoda spp.

2014

Okinawa Trough

OT2

29

LC532844-LC532872

2013

Okinawa Trough

OT5

11

LC532874-LC532876, LC532879-LC532887

2014

Okinawa Trough

OT5

3

LC532873, LC532877-LC532878

Nematocarcinus lanceopes

2015

Okinawa Trough

OT7

23

LC532888-LC532910