Symbiodinium- clade D

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Suessiales
Family: 
Symbiodiniaceae
Genus: 
Symbiodinium
Cluster: 
clade D
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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Association with... Region origin Name of site In reference...
Clavularia sp. Torres strait M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., et FABRICIUS, K. E., « Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships », Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, nᵒ 8, p. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Clavularia sp. Long Island M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., et FABRICIUS, K. E., « Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships », Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, nᵒ 8, p. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Pavona decussata Guam X. Pochon, Pawlowski, J., Zaninetti, L., et Rowan, R., « High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans », Marine Biology, vol. 139, nᵒ 6, p. 1069 - 1078, 2001.
Tubipora musica Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., et FABRICIUS, K. E., « Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships », Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, nᵒ 8, p. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Tubipora musica Hook Island M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., et FABRICIUS, K. E., « Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships », Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, nᵒ 8, p. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Acropora tenuis Guam X. Pochon, Pawlowski, J., Zaninetti, L., et Rowan, R., « High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans », Marine Biology, vol. 139, nᵒ 6, p. 1069 - 1078, 2001.
Klyxum sp. Northern Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., et FABRICIUS, K. E., « Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships », Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, nᵒ 8, p. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Cladiella sp. Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., et FABRICIUS, K. E., « Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships », Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, nᵒ 8, p. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Cladiella sp. Northern Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., et FABRICIUS, K. E., « Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships », Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, nᵒ 8, p. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Capnella sp. Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., et FABRICIUS, K. E., « Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships », Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, nᵒ 8, p. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Sympodium sp. Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., et FABRICIUS, K. E., « Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships », Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, nᵒ 8, p. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Isis hippuris Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., et FABRICIUS, K. E., « Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships », Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, nᵒ 8, p. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Alertigorgia orientalis Long Island M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., et FABRICIUS, K. E., « Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships », Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, nᵒ 8, p. 2403 - 2417, 2005.