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Table S1. Caribbean marine biodiversity detailed by taxonomic group | Unnamed: 1 | Unnamed: 2 | Unnamed: 3 | Unnamed: 4 | Unnamed: 5 | Unnamed: 6 | Unnamed: 7 | Unnamed: 8 | Unnamed: 9
Kingdom | Phylum or Class | Class or [NAME] | Order or Family | Described species | State of Knowledge | Number endemic species | Number introduced species | Number taxonomic experts | Number identification guides
[NAME] | Chordata | Mammalia |  | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | >50 | 1
 |  | Aves |  | 26 | 4 | ND | 0 | >100 | 5
 |  | Pisces | Elasmobranchii | 85 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 8
 |  |  | Actinopterygii | 1251 | 4 | 695 | 15 | 50 | 8
 |  | Reptilia | Testudines | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | >20 | 4
 |  | Urochordata | Ascidiacea | 62 | 3 | ND | 1 | ND | 1
 |  |  | Thaliacea | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ND | 2
 |  | Cephalochordata |  | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ND | 0
 | Echinodermata | Crinoidea |  | 30 | 3 | ND | ND | 5 | 2
 |  | Asteroidea |  | 115 | 4 | ND | ND |  | 2
 |  | Ophiuroidea |  | 153 | 3 | ND | ND |  | 2
 |  | Echinoidea |  | 77 | 4 | ND | ND |  | 2
 |  | Holothuroidea |  | 63 | 4 | ND | ND |  | 2
 | Chelicerata | [NAME] |  | 115 | 4 | ND | ND | 3 | 3
 | Crustacea | Copepoda |  | 498 | 3 | 46 | ND | ND | 1
 |  | [NAME] |  | 56 | 2 | ND | ND | 2 | 0
 |  | Stomatopoda |  | 59 | 3 | ND | ND | 6 | 2
 |  | [NAME] |  | 398 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10
 |  | Cumacea |  | 129 | 3 | ND | ND | 9 | 1
 |  | [NAME] |  | 512 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 2
 |  | Mysida |  | 64 | 3 | 8 | ND | 6 | 3
 |  | Tanaidacea |  | 28 | 2 | 1 | ND | 10 | 1
 |  | Euphasiacea |  | 29 | 2 | ND | ND | 1 | 0
 |  | Decapoda |  | 1120 | 4 | ND | 3 | 7 | 3
 |  | Branchiopoda |  | 1 | 2 | ND | ND | ND | 0
 |  | [NAME] |  | 19 | 1 | ND | ND | 4 | 0
 |  | Leptostraca |  | 3 | 1 | ND | ND | ND | 0
 | Tardigrada |  |  | 5 | 2 | 4 | ND | 1 | 0
 | Nematoda |  |  | 81 | 2 | ND | ND | ND | 0
 | Nematomorpha |  |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ND | 0
 | [NAME] |  |  | 15 | 1 | ND | ND | ND | 0
 | [NAME] |  |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | ND | ND | 0
 | Priapulida |  |  | 2 | 1 | 1 | ND | ND | 0
 | Platyhelminthes |  |  | 129
 | [NAME] |  |  | 18 | 2 | ND | ND | 1 | 0
 | Rotifera |  |  | 20 | 1 | ND | ND | 1 | 0
 | Micrognathozoa |  |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | ND | ND | 0
 | Cycliophora |  |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | ND | ND | 0
 | Mollusca | Aplacophora |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | ND | 0 | 0
 |  | Polyplacophora |  | 48 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6
 |  | [NAME] |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
 |  | Gastropoda |  | 2301 | 4 | 675 | 4 | 8 | 8
 |  | Cephalopoda |  | 74 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2
 |  | Bivalvia |  | 543 | 4 | 97 | 4 | 6 | 5
 |  | Scaphopoda |  | 66 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2
 | [NAME] | Polychaeta |  | 658 | 3 | ND | 2 | 31 | 1
 |  | Pogonophora |  | 13 | 2 | ND | ND | ND | 0
 | [NAME] |  |  | 45 | 3 | ND | ND | 3 | 0
 | Gnathostomulida |  |  | 29 | 1 | ND | ND | ND | 0
 | [NAME] |  |  | 25 | 2 | ND | ND | 3 | 0
 | Mesozoa |  |  | 3 | 1 | ND | ND | ND | 0
 | Nemertea |  |  | 4 | 1 | ND | ND | ND | 0
 | Phoronida |  |  | 3 | 1 | ND | ND | ND | 0
 | Brachiopoda |  |  | 5 | 2 | ND | ND | ND | 0
 | Entoprocta |  |  | 3 | 1 | ND | ND | ND | 0
 | Bryozoa |  |  | 131 | 2 | ND | ND | 2 | 0
 | Cnidaria | Anthozoa | [NAME] | 105 | 2 | ND | ND | 1 | 1
 |  |  | Antiphataria | 37 | 2 | ND | 0 | 3 | 1
 |  |  | [NAME] | 2 | 1 | ND | 0 | ND | ND
 |  |  | Coralliomorpha | 119 | 2 | ND | 0 | ND | 0
 |  |  | Zooanthidea | 33 | 2 | ND | ND | 1 | 1
 |  |  | Scleractinia | 287 | 3 | ND | 0 | 5 | 8
 |  | Octocorallia |  | 112 | 3 | ND | 1 | 4 | 1
 |  | Cubozoa |  | 2 | 1 | ND | ND | ND | 0
 |  | Hydrozoa |  | 210 | 3 | ND | 1 | 1 | 0
 |  | Siphonophora |  | 70 | 3 | ND | ND | 5 | 1
 |  | Scyphozoa |  | 17 | 2 | ND | 2 | 1 | 0
 | Ctenophora |  |  | 6 | 2 | ND | ND | ND | 0
 | Myxozoa |  |  | 1 | 1 | ND | ND | ND | 0
 | Porifera |  |  | 519 | 4 | ND | 1 | 3 | 4
 | Placozoa |  |  | 7 | 2 | ND | ND | ND | 0
Plantae | Algae | [NAME] |  | 170 | 4 | ND | 1 | 10 | 1
 |  | [NAME] |  | 320 | 3 | ND | ND | 10 | 1
Chromista | Algae | Phaeophyta |  | 71 | 4 | ND | ND | 10 | 1
 | Angiospermae | (seagrasses) |  | 6 | 5 | ND | 0 | 5 | 2
 | Angiospermae | (mangroves) |  | 8 | 5 | ND | 1 | 8 | 1
Protoctista / Protista | Foraminifera |  |  | 704 | 2 | ND | ND | ND | 1
 | Dinoflagellata |  |  | 31 | 1 | ND | ND | ND | ND
 | [NAME] |  |  | 17 | 1 | ND | ND | ND | ND
[NAME] |  |  |  | 38 | 1 | ND | ND | ND | ND
Bacteria | Cyanobacteria |  |  | 5 | 1 | ND | ND | ND | ND
 |  |  | Total | 12046