Table 3 Overview of the 16S rDNA sequencing results of sponge symbionts in temperate Western Australia.

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.