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Foliose Dictyoceratida of the Australian Great Barrier Reef III. Preliminary Electrophoretic Systematics
James A. Stoddart,
James A. Stoddart
Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB 3, Townsville Qld 4810, Australia
*Conservation and Land Management, P.O. Box 51, Wanneroo, W.A. 6065, Western Australia
Search for more papers by this authorJames A. Stoddart,
James A. Stoddart
Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB 3, Townsville Qld 4810, Australia
*Conservation and Land Management, P.O. Box 51, Wanneroo, W.A. 6065, Western Australia
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Abstract. Techniques of starch-gel electrophoresis were applied in a taxonomic assessment of a difficult group of dictyoceratid sponges. A phylogenetic tree derived from the resultant electrophoretic characters agreed well with a recent taxonomic revision of this group produced in a companion study. However, this must be seen as a preliminary result, as the electrophoretic character set was restricted to only three enzyme systems due to the extensive effects of a nonspecific enzyme which precluded the effective interpretation of most other enzymes assayed. This non-specific enzyme may be linked to a highly developed relationship between this group of sponges and symbiotic cyanobacteria.
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