Lock, stock and two different barrels: comparing the genetic composition of morphotypes of the indo-pacific sponge Xestospongia testudinaria.

The giant barrel sponge Xestospongiatestudinaria is an ecologically important species that is widely distributed across the Indo-Pacific. Little is known, however, about the precise biogeographic distribution and the amount of morphological and genetic variation in this species. Here we provide the...

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Main Authors: Thomas Swierts, Katja T C A Peijnenburg, Christiaan de Leeuw, Daniel F R Cleary, Christine Hörnlein, Edwin Setiawan, Gert Wörheide, Dirk Erpenbeck, Nicole J de Voogd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3771914?pdf=render