Australian sponge barnacles: diversity, host dynamics and systematics

This study applied molecular phylogenetic tools to examine the evolutionary history of barnacles symbiotic with sponges. The transition from free-living to sponge-symbiosis has evolved independently at least three times within this group. The evolution of sponge symbiosis resulted in significant ada...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hosie, Andrew M.
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2021
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/87707