Table 1 The number of eukaryotic taxa identified within each taxonomic rank at Coral Bay in west Australia via ToL-metabarcoding.

Animalia

Annelida

2

7

17

16

Arthropoda

3

12

35

38

8

Brachiopoda

1

Bryozoa

1

1

3

Chaetognatha

1

1

1

Chordata

5

17

45

73

36

Cnidaria

2

5

9

7

Ctenophore

1

1

1

1

Echinodermata

3

2

3

4

2

Gastrotricha

1

1

Mollusca

4

15

22

19

5

Nematoda

1

1

1

Nemertea

2

1

2

2

Platyhelminthes

4

3

2

Porifera

3

6

6

6

Xenacoelomorpha

1

1

Chromista

Bigyra

1

2

2

3

Cercozoa

4

4

3

4

Ciliophora

7

15

24

Cryptophyta

3

3

6

6

Haptophyta

4

5

5

4

1

Heliozoa

1

1

1

1

Myzozoa

3

10

25

36

2

Ochrophyta

9

31

27

Oomycota

1

3

2

Radiozoa

2

2

1

1

Fungi

Ascomycota

3

4

3

Basidiomycota

2

2

1

1

Chytridiomycota

1

1

1

1

Entomophthoromycota

1

1

1

1

Plantae

Chlorophyta

7

10

11

17

Glaucophyta

1

1

1

Rhodophyta

1

5

7

3

Streptophyta

1

11

11

2

Protozoa

Amoebozoa

1

1

1

Apusozoa

2

3

Choanozoa

2

1

2

3

Picozoa

1

1

1

Total

38

88

186

287

255

54