Xenia sp.

Super Group:

Eukaryota

Phylum:

Cnidaria

Class:

Anthozoa

Order:

Alcyonacea

Family:

Xeniidae

Genus:

Xenia

Species:

sp.

Authority:

Lamarck, 1816

Suggest a modification

Diagnosis

Colonies upright, lobes capitate, polyps concentrated on well-defined capitulum. Polyps not retractile, monomorphic. Colour of colonies white, gray, brown. Sclerites are small ovals.

Reference(s)

Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships

VAN OPPEN MJH, MIEOG JC, SANCHEZ CA, FABRICIUS KE (2005) Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships. Molecular Ecology 14:2403 - 2417. doi: 10.1111/mec.2005.14.issue-810.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02545.x

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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Association with...	Region origin	Name of site	In reference...
Symbiodinium sp.	Great Barrier Reef		LaJeunesse TC, Bhagooli R, Hidaka M, deVantier L, Done T, Schmidt GW, Fitt WK, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2004) Closely related Symbiodinium spp. differ in relative dominance in coral reef host communities across environmental, latitudinal and biogeographic gradients. Marine Ecology Progress Series 284:147 - 161. doi: 10.3354/meps284147
Symbiodinium sp.	Great Barrier Reef		LaJeunesse TC, Bhagooli R, Hidaka M, deVantier L, Done T, Schmidt GW, Fitt WK, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2004) Closely related Symbiodinium spp. differ in relative dominance in coral reef host communities across environmental, latitudinal and biogeographic gradients. Marine Ecology Progress Series 284:147 - 161. doi: 10.3354/meps284147
Symbiodinium sp.	Great Barrier Reef		LaJeunesse TC, Bhagooli R, Hidaka M, deVantier L, Done T, Schmidt GW, Fitt WK, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2004) Closely related Symbiodinium spp. differ in relative dominance in coral reef host communities across environmental, latitudinal and biogeographic gradients. Marine Ecology Progress Series 284:147 - 161. doi: 10.3354/meps284147
Symbiodinium sp.	Great Barrier Reef		LaJeunesse TC, Bhagooli R, Hidaka M, deVantier L, Done T, Schmidt GW, Fitt WK, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2004) Closely related Symbiodinium spp. differ in relative dominance in coral reef host communities across environmental, latitudinal and biogeographic gradients. Marine Ecology Progress Series 284:147 - 161. doi: 10.3354/meps284147
Symbiodinium sp.	Great Barrier Reef		LaJeunesse TC, Bhagooli R, Hidaka M, deVantier L, Done T, Schmidt GW, Fitt WK, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2004) Closely related Symbiodinium spp. differ in relative dominance in coral reef host communities across environmental, latitudinal and biogeographic gradients. Marine Ecology Progress Series 284:147 - 161. doi: 10.3354/meps284147
Symbiodinium sp.	Great Barrier Reef		LaJeunesse TC, Bhagooli R, Hidaka M, deVantier L, Done T, Schmidt GW, Fitt WK, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2004) Closely related Symbiodinium spp. differ in relative dominance in coral reef host communities across environmental, latitudinal and biogeographic gradients. Marine Ecology Progress Series 284:147 - 161. doi: 10.3354/meps284147
Symbiodinium- clade C		Northern Great Barrier Reef	VAN OPPEN MJH, MIEOG JC, SANCHEZ CA, FABRICIUS KE (2005) Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships. Molecular Ecology 14:2403 - 2417. doi: 10.1111/mec.2005.14.issue-810.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02545.x
Symbiodinium sp.	Western Indian		LaJeunesse TC, Pettay DT, Sampayo EM, Phongsuwan N, Brown B, Obura DO, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Fitt WK (2010) Long-standing environmental conditions, geographic isolation and host-symbiont specificity influence the relative ecological dominance and genetic diversification of coral endosymbionts in the genus Symbiodinium. Journal of Biogeography 37:785 - 800. doi: 10.1111/jbi.2010.37.issue-510.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02273.x
Symbiodinium sp.	Great Barrier Reef		Goulet TL, LaJeunesse TC, Fabricius KE (2008) Symbiont specificity and bleaching susceptibility among soft corals in the 1998 Great Barrier Reef mass coral bleaching event. Marine Biology 154:795 - 804. doi: 10.1007/s00227-008-0972-5
Symbiodinium sp.	Western Indian		LaJeunesse TC, Pettay DT, Sampayo EM, Phongsuwan N, Brown B, Obura DO, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Fitt WK (2010) Long-standing environmental conditions, geographic isolation and host-symbiont specificity influence the relative ecological dominance and genetic diversification of coral endosymbionts in the genus Symbiodinium. Journal of Biogeography 37:785 - 800. doi: 10.1111/jbi.2010.37.issue-510.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02273.x
Symbiodinium sp.	Great Barrier Reef		Goulet TL, LaJeunesse TC, Fabricius KE (2008) Symbiont specificity and bleaching susceptibility among soft corals in the 1998 Great Barrier Reef mass coral bleaching event. Marine Biology 154:795 - 804. doi: 10.1007/s00227-008-0972-5
Symbiodinium sp.	Western Pacific		LaJeunesse TC (2004) "Species" Radiations of Symbiotic Dinoflagellates in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Since the Miocene-Pliocene Transition. Molecular Biology and Evolution 22:570 - 581. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msi042
Symbiodinium sp.	Western Pacific		LaJeunesse TC (2004) "Species" Radiations of Symbiotic Dinoflagellates in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Since the Miocene-Pliocene Transition. Molecular Biology and Evolution 22:570 - 581. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msi042

Xenia sp.

Diagnosis

Reference(s)

Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships

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SYMBIONTS

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Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships

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SYMBIONTS

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