Symbiodinium- clade C

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Suessiales
Family: 
Symbiodiniaceae
Genus: 
Symbiodinium
Cluster: 
clade C
Authority: 
Symbiodinium Freudenthal, 1962

Suggest a modification

Diagnosis

Diagnose_Genus: Symbiodinium, Freudenthal, 1962
Boby_length: 10 µm
Body_wide:  5 µm
Toxicity: No
Bloom: No

Ecology

Substrate: endozoic/planktonic
Sociability_adults: solitary
Salinity: marine
Feeding: photosynthetic/non-obligatory phototrophic endosymbiont (REF)
 

Feeding behaviour

Photosynthetic

Mode of locomotion

Two flagella typical for Dinophyceae

Observation site(s)

HOSTS

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Amphisorus hemprichii Gulf of Aqaba Elat X. Pochon, Pawlowski, J., Zaninetti, L., and Rowan, R., “High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans”, Marine Biology, vol. 139, no. 6, pp. 1069 - 1078, 2001.
Briareum violaceum Dungeness Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Briareum violaceum Hook Island M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Lemnalia sp. Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Marginopora vertebralis Lizard Island X. Pochon, Pawlowski, J., Zaninetti, L., and Rowan, R., “High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans”, Marine Biology, vol. 139, no. 6, pp. 1069 - 1078, 2001.
Marginopora vertebralis Gulf of Aqaba Elat X. Pochon, Pawlowski, J., Zaninetti, L., and Rowan, R., “High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans”, Marine Biology, vol. 139, no. 6, pp. 1069 - 1078, 2001.
Pavona divaricata Guam X. Pochon, Pawlowski, J., Zaninetti, L., and Rowan, R., “High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans”, Marine Biology, vol. 139, no. 6, pp. 1069 - 1078, 2001.
Rhytisma sp. Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Sarcophyton sp. Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Sorites sp. Gulf of Aqaba Elat X. Pochon, Pawlowski, J., Zaninetti, L., and Rowan, R., “High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans”, Marine Biology, vol. 139, no. 6, pp. 1069 - 1078, 2001.
Sorites sp. Lizard Island X. Pochon, Pawlowski, J., Zaninetti, L., and Rowan, R., “High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans”, Marine Biology, vol. 139, no. 6, pp. 1069 - 1078, 2001.
Sorites sp. Guam X. Pochon, Pawlowski, J., Zaninetti, L., and Rowan, R., “High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans”, Marine Biology, vol. 139, no. 6, pp. 1069 - 1078, 2001.
Tubipora musica Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Xenia sp. Northern Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Acropora tenuis Reunion Island Elat X. Pochon, Pawlowski, J., Zaninetti, L., and Rowan, R., “High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans”, Marine Biology, vol. 139, no. 6, pp. 1069 - 1078, 2001.
Heliopora coerulea Guam X. Pochon, Pawlowski, J., Zaninetti, L., and Rowan, R., “High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans”, Marine Biology, vol. 139, no. 6, pp. 1069 - 1078, 2001.
Heliopora coerulea Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Lobophytum sp. Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Sinularia sp. Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Klyxum sp. Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Paralemnalia sp. Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Paralemnalia sp. Northern Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Capnella sp. Northern Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Cespitularia sp. Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Alertigorgia orientalis Long Island M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Plumigorgia schuboti Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Rumphella sp. Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Plexaurella dichotoma Quintana Roo Cancun M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Plexaurella grisea Quintana Roo Cancun M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Plexaurella nutans Quintana Roo Cancun M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Porites cylindrica Guam X. Pochon, Pawlowski, J., Zaninetti, L., and Rowan, R., “High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans”, Marine Biology, vol. 139, no. 6, pp. 1069 - 1078, 2001.
Porites rus Guam X. Pochon, Pawlowski, J., Zaninetti, L., and Rowan, R., “High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans”, Marine Biology, vol. 139, no. 6, pp. 1069 - 1078, 2001.