AQUASYMBIO

Parasites and endosymbioses
in aquatic ecosystems

Porites nigrescens

Super Group:

Eukaryota

Phylum:

Cnidaria

Class:

Anthozoa

Order:

Scleractinia

Family:

Poritidae

Genus:

Porites

Species:

nigrescens

Authority:

Dana, 1848

Synonym(s):

Porites (Porites) nigrescens Dana, 1846

Porites saccharata Brüggemann, 1878

Porites suppressa Crossland, 1952

Suggest a modification

Diagnosis

Locally common in protected lagoons & channels. Forms clumps of coarse tapering branches with square ends, calices depressed between sharp ridges. Cream, yellowish-green, or brown.

Ecology

Habitat: Shallow reef environments.

Reference(s)

High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans

Pochon X, Pawlowski J, Zaninetti L, Rowan R (2001) High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans. Marine Biology 139:1069 - 1078. doi: 10.1007/s002270100674

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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Association with...	Region origin	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, Loh WKW, van Woesik R, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Schmidt GW, Fitt WK (2003) Low symbiont diversity in southern Great Barrier Reef corals, relative to those of the Caribbean. Limnology and Oceanography 48:2046 - 2054. doi: 10.4319/lo.2003.48.5.2046
Symbiodinium sp.	Phuket	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.	Phuket	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.	Phuket	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.	Phuket	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- clade A	Reunion Island	Pochon X, Pawlowski J, Zaninetti L, Rowan R (2001) High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans. Marine Biology 139:1069 - 1078. doi: 10.1007/s002270100674

Porites nigrescens

Diagnosis

Ecology

Reference(s)

High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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Porites nigrescens

Diagnosis

Ecology

Reference(s)

High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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