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Electrophoretic evaluation of the taxonomic status of two species of sea anemone
Authors:Steven A. McCommas  L.James Lester
Affiliation:Department of Biology, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004, USA
Abstract:Puerto Rican populations of two species of sea anemones (Bunodosoma cavernata and B. granulifera) which had previously been considered one were assayed electrophoretically for enzymes encoded by 12 loci. The two species shared no common allozymes at 6 of the 12 loci. Genetic distance and identity values based on these allozymes were computed for the Puerto Rican populations and for B. cavernata from Florida and B. granulifera from Panama. The Puerto Rican populations of both species had much higher genetic identities for their geographically distant conspecifics than for each other. These results indicate that the two species are reproductively isolated and should be considered as separate valid species. Average heterozygosities are presented which are the first published for coelenterate species.
Keywords:Actiniidae  Cnidaria  sea anemone  electrophoresis  systematics  heterozygosity
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