FREE AMINO ACIDS OF MARINE INVERTEBRATES 179 
anemones, Anthopleura elegantissima and A. xanthogramnuca. Many taxonomists of 
the Actiniaria consider these two to be the same species”!, A. xanthogrammuca being 
the solitary form and A. elegantissima the aggregate form. The free amino acid patterns 
provide some biochemical evidence supporting the validity of their taxonomic segre- 
gation. 


Figs. 11-16. A brachiopod, Terebratella tvansversa. Figs. 11-13, muscle; Figs. 14-16, lophophore 
and gills. Taurine, 5; glycine, 14. 
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