Research Article

Dissecting a Geographical Colourful Tapestry: Phylogeography of the Colour Polymorphic Spider Gasteracantha cancriformis

Table 1

Descriptive statistics for K2P (Kimura 2-parameter) genetic distances calculated within and between geographical group. Eastern Andes (EA), Dry Pacific (Western PerĂº and Ecuador; DP), Western (WA; excluding the Dry Pacific populations), Caribbean (C), and Galapagos Islands (G).

Between geographical clustersWithin each geographical cluster
ClusterClusterMeanStandard errorClusterMeanStandard error

WAC0.0450.009WA0.0120.002
WAEA0.0580.011C0.0100.002
WADP0.0770.013EA0.0110.002
WAG0.0430.008DP0.0060.001
CEA0.0770.013G0.0080.002
CDP0.0860.014
CG0.0450.009
EADP0.0580.010
EAG0.0700.012
DPG0.0900.014