Table 3.

Overview of the 16S rDNA sequencing results of sponge symbionts in temperate Western Australia.

Symbionts	Sponges
Synechoccus spongiarum clade	Chondrilla australiensis*	Hippospongia sp.	Phyllospongia sp.	Psammastra sp.
Synechococcus species	Calcarea species	Haliclona sp.*	Crella sp.
Synechocystis species	Mycale sp. 1	Spongia sp.
Oscillatoria spongeliae clade	Chondropsis sp.
Undescibed cyanobacterium	Cymbastela marshae
Rhodophyte	Lissodendoryx sp.

*These symbionts were sequenced by Usher et al. (2004a).