ESM Table S1. List of Forward and Reverse Primers for Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA Markers

ESM Table S1. List of forward and reverse primers for mitochondrial and nuclear DNA markers used during screening. Only the Cytochrome-c Oxidase subunit-I and S7 markers were used for analyses. Amplification was considered unsuccessful where PCR resulted in amplification of < 50% of the samples as visualized on a 1.5 % agarose gel.

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ESM Table S2. Descriptions of micro-habitat categories used to classify substrates along point intercept transects at Christmas Island. Descriptions based on Eagle et al. (2001) and Hobbs et al. (2010).

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ESM Table S3. Resemblance matrix of percent (%) cover of benthic micro-habitat variables based on point intercept transects conducted at Christmas and Cocos-Keeling Islands. * indicates correlations between benthic micro-habitat variables which were >70%.