Symbiodinium- clade B

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Suessiales
Family: 
Symbiodiniaceae
Genus: 
Symbiodinium
Cluster: 
clade B
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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Briareum asbestinum 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.
Eunicea calyculata 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.
Eunicea laciniata 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.
Eunicea succinea 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.
Eunicea tourneforti 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.
Eunicea asperula 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.
Plexaura homomalla 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.
Pseudoplexaura wagenaari 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.
Muricea muricata 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.
Muriceopsis flavida 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.
Pterogorgia anceps 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.
Pterogorgia citrina 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.
Gorgonia mariae 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.
Gorgonia ventalina 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.