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Table 9. — Shared character states among species of Pontellina. 





Character 



No. of 

 states 



Species sharing 

 same state 



Species with unique 

 character state 



Remarks 



1 . .vTL 9 



2. PUR 9 



3. Furcai ramus length 9 



4. Furcai ramus 



lengthiwidth ratio 9 



5. Th IV-V 9 



6. Th IV-Vd 



7. Genital segment 9 



8. P5 9, Re:Ri ratio 



9. P5 9, Ri spines 



10, P5 •, left Rel length 

 1 1. P5i, right Rel width 



12. P5:;, right Ret morphology 



13. P5^, right Re 2-3 morphology 



14. Al ' right seg. 18 length 



15. Spermatophore attachment 



16. Geographical distribution 



17. Latitude and depth 

 distribution 



2 morii and sohrina; 



phimaia and plaiychela 



2 iiiorii and sobrina; 



pliimaui and plaiychela 



2 morn and sobrina; 



phtmala and plaiychela 



2 niorii and sobrina: 



plunutia and plaiychela 



2 inoni and sobrina: 



pluiuala and plaiychela 



2 morn and sobrina: 



plumala and plaiychela 



2 morii and sobrina: 



plumala and plaiychela 



2 morii and sobrina: 



plumala and plaiychela 



2 morii, sobrina. and 



plaiychela 

 2 morii and sobrina: 



plumala and plaiychela 



3 plumala and sobrina 



2 morii and sobrina: 



plumala and plaiychela 



4 morii and sobrina: 

 plumala and plaiychela 



2 morii, sobrina, and 

 plaiychela 



2 morii, sobrina. and 

 plaiychela 



3 morii and sobrina 



3 plumala and sobrina 



2 morn and sobrina: 

 plumala and plaiychela 



3 morii and sobrina 



2 morii, sobrina, and 

 plaiychela 



plumala 



plaiychela: morii 



plumala 

 plumala 



plumala: plaiychela 

 morii: plaiychela 



plumala: plaiychela 



plumala: plaiychela: 

 morii: sobrina 



plumala 



Significant differences 

 produced by furcai ramus 

 length 



Significant differences 

 produced by furcai ramus 

 length 



Minor differences between 

 plumala and plaiychela 

 ignored 



SEM results ignored 



Frequency of similarities in 17 chorocters: 



morii and sobrina linked in 15 instances or 82%. 



plaiychela linked with morii and sobrina in 4 instances or 24%. 



plumala and plaiychela linked in 10 instances or 59%. 



plumala and sobrina linked in 1 instance or 6%. 



plumala unique in 7 instances or 4l°o. 



plaiychela unique in 5 instances or 29%. 



morii unique in 3 instances or 18%. 



sobrina unique in 1 instance or 6%. 



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