Symbiodinium sp.

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Suessiales
Family: 
Symbiodiniaceae
Genus: 
Symbiodinium
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 kudakajimaensis Mariana Islands X. Pochon, Garcia-Cuetos, L., Baker, A. C., Castella, E., and Pawlowski, J., “One-year survey of a single Micronesian reef reveals extraordinarily rich diversity of Symbiodinium types in soritid foraminifera”, Coral Reefs, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 867 - 882, 2007.
Amphisorus kudakajimaensis Mariana Islands X. Pochon, Garcia-Cuetos, L., Baker, A. C., Castella, E., and Pawlowski, J., “One-year survey of a single Micronesian reef reveals extraordinarily rich diversity of Symbiodinium types in soritid foraminifera”, Coral Reefs, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 867 - 882, 2007.
Amphisorus kudakajimaensis Mariana Islands X. Pochon, Garcia-Cuetos, L., Baker, A. C., Castella, E., and Pawlowski, J., “One-year survey of a single Micronesian reef reveals extraordinarily rich diversity of Symbiodinium types in soritid foraminifera”, Coral Reefs, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 867 - 882, 2007.
Amphisorus sp. Elat J. A. N. PAWLOWSKI, HOLZMANN, M. A. R. I. A., FAHRNI, J. O. S. E. F., and Hallock, P., “Molecular Identification of Algal Endosymbionts in Large Miliolid Foraminifera: 1. Chlorophytes”, The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 362 - 367, 2001.
Amphisorus sp. Mariana Islands X. Pochon, Garcia-Cuetos, L., Baker, A. C., Castella, E., and Pawlowski, J., “One-year survey of a single Micronesian reef reveals extraordinarily rich diversity of Symbiodinium types in soritid foraminifera”, Coral Reefs, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 867 - 882, 2007.
Amphisorus sp. Guam J. A. N. PAWLOWSKI, HOLZMANN, M. A. R. I. A., FAHRNI, J. O. S. E. F., and Hallock, P., “Molecular Identification of Algal Endosymbionts in Large Miliolid Foraminifera: 1. Chlorophytes”, The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 362 - 367, 2001.
Amphisorus sp. Mariana Islands X. Pochon, Garcia-Cuetos, L., Baker, A. C., Castella, E., and Pawlowski, J., “One-year survey of a single Micronesian reef reveals extraordinarily rich diversity of Symbiodinium types in soritid foraminifera”, Coral Reefs, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 867 - 882, 2007.
Amphisorus sp. Mariana Islands X. Pochon, Garcia-Cuetos, L., Baker, A. C., Castella, E., and Pawlowski, J., “One-year survey of a single Micronesian reef reveals extraordinarily rich diversity of Symbiodinium types in soritid foraminifera”, Coral Reefs, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 867 - 882, 2007.
Amphisorus sp. Gulf of Aqaba J. A. N. PAWLOWSKI, HOLZMANN, M. A. R. I. A., FAHRNI, J. O. S. E. F., Pochon, X., and LEE, J. O. H. N. J., “Molecular Identification of Algal Endosymbionts in Large Miliolid Foraminifera: 2. Dinoflagellates”, The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 368 - 373, 2001.
Amphisorus sp. Mariana Islands X. Pochon, Garcia-Cuetos, L., Baker, A. C., Castella, E., and Pawlowski, J., “One-year survey of a single Micronesian reef reveals extraordinarily rich diversity of Symbiodinium types in soritid foraminifera”, Coral Reefs, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 867 - 882, 2007.
Amphisorus sp. Mariana Islands X. Pochon, Garcia-Cuetos, L., Baker, A. C., Castella, E., and Pawlowski, J., “One-year survey of a single Micronesian reef reveals extraordinarily rich diversity of Symbiodinium types in soritid foraminifera”, Coral Reefs, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 867 - 882, 2007.
Amphisorus sp. Mariana Islands X. Pochon, Garcia-Cuetos, L., Baker, A. C., Castella, E., and Pawlowski, J., “One-year survey of a single Micronesian reef reveals extraordinarily rich diversity of Symbiodinium types in soritid foraminifera”, Coral Reefs, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 867 - 882, 2007.
Amphisorus sp. Mariana Islands X. Pochon, Garcia-Cuetos, L., Baker, A. C., Castella, E., and Pawlowski, J., “One-year survey of a single Micronesian reef reveals extraordinarily rich diversity of Symbiodinium types in soritid foraminifera”, Coral Reefs, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 867 - 882, 2007.
Amphisorus sp. Mariana Islands X. Pochon, Garcia-Cuetos, L., Baker, A. C., Castella, E., and Pawlowski, J., “One-year survey of a single Micronesian reef reveals extraordinarily rich diversity of Symbiodinium types in soritid foraminifera”, Coral Reefs, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 867 - 882, 2007.
Amphisorus sp. Mariana Islands X. Pochon, Garcia-Cuetos, L., Baker, A. C., Castella, E., and Pawlowski, J., “One-year survey of a single Micronesian reef reveals extraordinarily rich diversity of Symbiodinium types in soritid foraminifera”, Coral Reefs, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 867 - 882, 2007.
Amphisorus sp. Taba J. A. N. PAWLOWSKI, HOLZMANN, M. A. R. I. A., FAHRNI, J. O. S. E. F., and Hallock, P., “Molecular Identification of Algal Endosymbionts in Large Miliolid Foraminifera: 1. Chlorophytes”, The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 362 - 367, 2001.
Amphisorus sp. Mariana Islands X. Pochon, Garcia-Cuetos, L., Baker, A. C., Castella, E., and Pawlowski, J., “One-year survey of a single Micronesian reef reveals extraordinarily rich diversity of Symbiodinium types in soritid foraminifera”, Coral Reefs, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 867 - 882, 2007.
Anemonia sp. Phuket T. C. LaJeunesse, Pettay, D. T., Sampayo, E. M., Phongsuwan, N., Brown, B., Obura, D. O., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., and Fitt, W. K., “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, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 785 - 800, 2010.
Anemonia sp. Eastern Mediterranean R. L. Hunter, LaJeunesse, T. C., and Santos, S. R., “STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF THE RDNA INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER (ITS) REGION 2 IN THE SYMBIOTIC DINOFLAGELLATES ( SYMBIODINIUM , DINOPHYTA)”, Journal of Phycology, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 120 - 128, 2007.
Anemonia manjano Western Indian T. C. LaJeunesse, Pettay, D. T., Sampayo, E. M., Phongsuwan, N., Brown, B., Obura, D. O., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., and Fitt, W. K., “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, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 785 - 800, 2010.
Anemonia manjano Western Indian T. C. LaJeunesse, Pettay, D. T., Sampayo, E. M., Phongsuwan, N., Brown, B., Obura, D. O., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., and Fitt, W. K., “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, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 785 - 800, 2010.
Anemonia manjano Western Indian T. C. LaJeunesse, Pettay, D. T., Sampayo, E. M., Phongsuwan, N., Brown, B., Obura, D. O., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., and Fitt, W. K., “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, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 785 - 800, 2010.
Anthopleura elegantissima T. C. LaJeunesse, “INVESTIGATING THE BIODIVERSITY, ECOLOGY, AND PHYLOGENY OF ENDOSYMBIOTIC DINOFLAGELLATES IN THE GENUS SYMBIODINIUM USING THE ITS REGION: IN SEARCH OF A "SPECIES" LEVEL MARKER”, Journal of Phycology, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 866 - 880, 2001.
Anthopleura elegantissima California Pacific Grove R. Rowan and Powers, A., “Molecular genetic identification of symbiotic dinoflagellates (zooxanthellae)”, 1991.
Anthopleura sp. Phuket T. C. LaJeunesse, Pettay, D. T., Sampayo, E. M., Phongsuwan, N., Brown, B., Obura, D. O., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., and Fitt, W. K., “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, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 785 - 800, 2010.
Anthopleura xanthogrammica California Pacific Grove R. Rowan and Powers, A., “Molecular genetic identification of symbiotic dinoflagellates (zooxanthellae)”, 1991.
Antipathes grandis Hawaiian Islands D. Wagner, Pochon, X., Irwin, L., TOONEN, R. J., and GATES, R. D., “Azooxanthellate? Most Hawaiian black corals contain Symbiodinium”, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 2782529292981572334654132176615641386222423430430276100918149120271668346, no. 171027387001700116764, pp. 1323 - 1328, 2011.
Antipathes grandis Hawaiian Islands D. Wagner, Pochon, X., Irwin, L., TOONEN, R. J., and GATES, R. D., “Azooxanthellate? Most Hawaiian black corals contain Symbiodinium”, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 2782529292981572334654132176615641386222423430430276100918149120271668346, no. 171027387001700116764, pp. 1323 - 1328, 2011.
Antipathes grandis Hawaiian Islands D. Wagner, Pochon, X., Irwin, L., TOONEN, R. J., and GATES, R. D., “Azooxanthellate? Most Hawaiian black corals contain Symbiodinium”, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 2782529292981572334654132176615641386222423430430276100918149120271668346, no. 171027387001700116764, pp. 1323 - 1328, 2011.
Antipathes griggi Hawaiian Islands D. Wagner, Pochon, X., Irwin, L., TOONEN, R. J., and GATES, R. D., “Azooxanthellate? Most Hawaiian black corals contain Symbiodinium”, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 2782529292981572334654132176615641386222423430430276100918149120271668346, no. 171027387001700116764, pp. 1323 - 1328, 2011.
Antipathes griggi Hawaiian Islands D. Wagner, Pochon, X., Irwin, L., TOONEN, R. J., and GATES, R. D., “Azooxanthellate? Most Hawaiian black corals contain Symbiodinium”, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 2782529292981572334654132176615641386222423430430276100918149120271668346, no. 171027387001700116764, pp. 1323 - 1328, 2011.
Antipathes griggi Hawaiian Islands D. Wagner, Pochon, X., Irwin, L., TOONEN, R. J., and GATES, R. D., “Azooxanthellate? Most Hawaiian black corals contain Symbiodinium”, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 2782529292981572334654132176615641386222423430430276100918149120271668346, no. 171027387001700116764, pp. 1323 - 1328, 2011.
Astrangia poculata Georgia D. J. Thornhill, Kemp, D. W., Bruns, B. U., Fitt, W. K., and Schmidt, G. W., “CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN COLD TOLERANCE AND TEMPERATE BIOGEOGRAPHY IN A WESTERN ATLANTIC SYMBIODINIUM (DINOPHYTA) LINEAGE 1”, Journal of Phycology, vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 1126 - 1135, 2008.
Astrangia poculata Rhode island D. J. Thornhill, Kemp, D. W., Bruns, B. U., Fitt, W. K., and Schmidt, G. W., “CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN COLD TOLERANCE AND TEMPERATE BIOGEOGRAPHY IN A WESTERN ATLANTIC SYMBIODINIUM (DINOPHYTA) LINEAGE 1”, Journal of Phycology, vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 1126 - 1135, 2008.
Astrangia poculata Rhode island D. J. Thornhill, Kemp, D. W., Bruns, B. U., Fitt, W. K., and Schmidt, G. W., “CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN COLD TOLERANCE AND TEMPERATE BIOGEOGRAPHY IN A WESTERN ATLANTIC SYMBIODINIUM (DINOPHYTA) LINEAGE 1”, Journal of Phycology, vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 1126 - 1135, 2008.
Astrangia poculata Massachusetts Woods Hole R. Rowan and Powers, A., “Molecular genetic identification of symbiotic dinoflagellates (zooxanthellae)”, 1991.
Bartholomea annulata Western Caribbean C. J. Finney, Pettay, D. Tye, Sampayo, E. M., Warner, M. E., Oxenford, H. A., and LaJeunesse, T. C., “The Relative Significance of Host–Habitat, Depth, and Geography on the Ecology, Endemism, and Speciation of Coral Endosymbionts in the Genus Symbiodinium”, Microbial Ecology, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 250 - 263, 2010.
Bartholomea annulata Quintana Roo T. LaJeunesse, “Diversity and community structure of symbiotic dinoflagellates from Caribbean coral reefs”, Marine Biology, vol. 141, no. 2, pp. 387 - 400, 2002.
Bathypathes sp Hawaiian Islands D. Wagner, Pochon, X., Irwin, L., TOONEN, R. J., and GATES, R. D., “Azooxanthellate? Most Hawaiian black corals contain Symbiodinium”, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 2782529292981572334654132176615641386222423430430276100918149120271668346, no. 171027387001700116764, pp. 1323 - 1328, 2011.
Boloceroides mcmurrichi Hawaiian Islands T. C. LaJeunesse, Thornhill, D. J., Cox, E. F., Stanton, F. G., Fitt, W. K., and Schmidt, G. W., “High diversity and host specificity observed among symbiotic dinoflagellates in reef coral communities from Hawaii”, Coral Reefs, 2004.
Briareum asbestinum Florida S. R. Santos, Taylor, D. J., and Coffroth, M. Alice, “GENETIC COMPARISONS OF FRESHLY ISOLATED VERSUS CULTURED SYMBIOTIC DINOFLAGELLATES: IMPLICATIONS FOR EXTRAPOLATING TO THE INTACT SYMBIOSIS”, Journal of Phycology, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 900 - 912, 2001.
Briareum asbestinum Western Caribbean C. J. Finney, Pettay, D. Tye, Sampayo, E. M., Warner, M. E., Oxenford, H. A., and LaJeunesse, T. C., “The Relative Significance of Host–Habitat, Depth, and Geography on the Ecology, Endemism, and Speciation of Coral Endosymbionts in the Genus Symbiodinium”, Microbial Ecology, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 250 - 263, 2010.
Briareum asbestinum Western Caribbean C. J. Finney, Pettay, D. Tye, Sampayo, E. M., Warner, M. E., Oxenford, H. A., and LaJeunesse, T. C., “The Relative Significance of Host–Habitat, Depth, and Geography on the Ecology, Endemism, and Speciation of Coral Endosymbionts in the Genus Symbiodinium”, Microbial Ecology, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 250 - 263, 2010.
Briareum asbestinum Eastern Caribbean C. J. Finney, Pettay, D. Tye, Sampayo, E. M., Warner, M. E., Oxenford, H. A., and LaJeunesse, T. C., “The Relative Significance of Host–Habitat, Depth, and Geography on the Ecology, Endemism, and Speciation of Coral Endosymbionts in the Genus Symbiodinium”, Microbial Ecology, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 250 - 263, 2010.
Briareum asbestinum Eastern Caribbean C. J. Finney, Pettay, D. Tye, Sampayo, E. M., Warner, M. E., Oxenford, H. A., and LaJeunesse, T. C., “The Relative Significance of Host–Habitat, Depth, and Geography on the Ecology, Endemism, and Speciation of Coral Endosymbionts in the Genus Symbiodinium”, Microbial Ecology, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 250 - 263, 2010.
Briareum asbestinum Western Caribbean C. J. Finney, Pettay, D. Tye, Sampayo, E. M., Warner, M. E., Oxenford, H. A., and LaJeunesse, T. C., “The Relative Significance of Host–Habitat, Depth, and Geography on the Ecology, Endemism, and Speciation of Coral Endosymbionts in the Genus Symbiodinium”, Microbial Ecology, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 250 - 263, 2010.
Briareum asbestinum Western Caribbean C. J. Finney, Pettay, D. Tye, Sampayo, E. M., Warner, M. E., Oxenford, H. A., and LaJeunesse, T. C., “The Relative Significance of Host–Habitat, Depth, and Geography on the Ecology, Endemism, and Speciation of Coral Endosymbionts in the Genus Symbiodinium”, Microbial Ecology, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 250 - 263, 2010.
Briareum sp. Great Barrier Reef T. C. LaJeunesse, Loh, W. K. W., van Woesik, R., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Schmidt, G. W., and Fitt, W. K., “Low symbiont diversity in southern Great Barrier Reef corals, relative to those of the Caribbean”, Limnology and Oceanography, vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 2046 - 2054, 2003.
Briareum sp. Great Barrier Reef T. C. LaJeunesse, Bhagooli, R., Hidaka, M., deVantier, L., Done, T., Schmidt, G. W., Fitt, W. K., and Hoegh-Guldberg, O., “Closely related Symbiodinium spp. differ in relative dominance in coral reef host communities across environmental, latitudinal and biogeographic gradients”, Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 284, pp. 147 - 161, 2004.
Briareum sp. Great Barrier Reef T. L. Goulet, LaJeunesse, T. C., and Fabricius, K. E., “Symbiont specificity and bleaching susceptibility among soft corals in the 1998 Great Barrier Reef mass coral bleaching event”, Marine Biology, vol. 154, no. 5, pp. 795 - 804, 2008.