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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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.
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.
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.
Cassiopea frondosa Virgin Island St Croix R. Rowan and Powers, A., “Molecular genetic identification of symbiotic dinoflagellates (zooxanthellae)”, 1991.
Cassiopea xamachana M. Stat, CARTER, D., and HOEGHGULDBERG, O., “The evolutionary history of Symbiodinium and scleractinian hosts—Symbiosis, diversity, and the effect of climate change”, Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 23 - 43, 2006.
Cassiopea xamachana S. R. Santos, Taylor, D. J., ,, Hidaka, M., Sakai, K., and Coffroth, M. Alice, “Molecular phylogeny of symbiotic dinoflagellates inferred from partial chloroplast large subunit (23S)-rDNA sequences”, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 97 - 111, 2002.
Cassiopea xamachana 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.
Cassiopea xamachana Virgin Island St Croix R. Rowan and Powers, A., “Molecular genetic identification of symbiotic dinoflagellates (zooxanthellae)”, 1991.
Cassiopea xamachana Hawaiian Islands C. R. Voolstra, Sunagawa, S., Schwarz, J. A., Coffroth, M. Alice, Yellowlees, D., Leggat, W., and Medina, ónica, “Evolutionary analysis of orthologous cDNA sequences from cultured and symbiotic dinoflagellate symbionts of reef-building corals (Dinophyceae: Symbiodinium)”, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 67 - 74, 2009.
Cassiopea xamachana 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.
Cassiopea sp. 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.
Cassiopea sp. B. K. Baillie, Belda-Baillie, C. A., and Maruyama, T., “CONSPECIFICITY AND INDO-PACIFIC DISTRIBUTION OF SYMBIODINIUM GENOTYPES (DINOPHYCEAE) FROM GIANT CLAMS”, Journal of Phycology, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 1153 - 1161, 2000.
Cassiopea mertensi Hawaiian Islands 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.
Cinachyrella tarentina Apulia Lagoon of Porto Cesareo L. SCALERA, SCISCIOLI, M., LEPORE, E., and GAINO, E., “SYMBIOTIC ZOOXANTHELLAE IN CINACHYRA TARENTINA, A NON-BORING DEMOSPONGE”, 1999.
Cirrhipathes cf. anguina 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.
Cirrhipathes cf. anguina 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.
Cirrhipathes cf. anguina 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.
Cirrhipathes cf. anguina 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.
Clavularia 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.
Clavularia koellikeri 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.
Collosphaera globularis Bermuda Castle Harbor O. R. Anderson, “Fine structure of a symbiont-bearing colonial radiolarian, Collosphaera globularis, and 14C isotopic evidence for assimilation of organic substances from its zooxanthellae”, Journal of Ultrastructure Research, vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 181 - 189, 1978.
Condylactis gigantea 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.
Condylactis gigantea 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.
Condylactis gigantea 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.
Corculum cardissa B. K. Baillie, Belda-Baillie, C. A., and Maruyama, T., “CONSPECIFICITY AND INDO-PACIFIC DISTRIBUTION OF SYMBIODINIUM GENOTYPES (DINOPHYCEAE) FROM GIANT CLAMS”, Journal of Phycology, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 1153 - 1161, 2000.
Corculum cardissa B. K. Baillie, Belda-Baillie, C. A., and Maruyama, T., “CONSPECIFICITY AND INDO-PACIFIC DISTRIBUTION OF SYMBIODINIUM GENOTYPES (DINOPHYCEAE) FROM GIANT CLAMS”, Journal of Phycology, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 1153 - 1161, 2000.
Corculum monstrosum B. K. Baillie, Belda-Baillie, C. A., and Maruyama, T., “CONSPECIFICITY AND INDO-PACIFIC DISTRIBUTION OF SYMBIODINIUM GENOTYPES (DINOPHYCEAE) FROM GIANT CLAMS”, Journal of Phycology, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 1153 - 1161, 2000.
Discosoma nummiforme 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.
Discosoma nummiforme 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.
Discosoma sanctithomae 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.
Discosoma sanctithomae 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.
Discosoma 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.
Discosoma 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.
Discosoma 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.
Discosoma sp. 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.
Discosoma sp. 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.
Discosoma 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.
Discosoma sp. Pennsylvania R. T. Smith, ón, J. H., and LaJeunesse, T. C., “SYMBIODINIUM (DINOPHYTA) DIVERSITY AND STABILITY IN AQUARIUM CORALS”, Journal of Phycology, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 1030 - 1036, 2009.
Discosoma carlgreni 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.
Discosoma unguja 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.
Discosoma unguja Gulf of Aqaba B. Kuguru, Chadwick, N. E., Achituv, Y., Zandbank, K., and Tchernov, D., “Mechanisms of habitat segregation between corallimorpharians: photosynthetic parameters and Symbiodinium types”, Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 369, pp. 115 - 129, 2008.
Discosoma unguja 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.
Discosoma unguja Gulf of Aqaba B. Kuguru, Chadwick, N. E., Achituv, Y., Zandbank, K., and Tchernov, D., “Mechanisms of habitat segregation between corallimorpharians: photosynthetic parameters and Symbiodinium types”, Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 369, pp. 115 - 129, 2008.
Discosoma unguja 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.
Discosoma unguja Gulf of Aqaba B. Kuguru, Chadwick, N. E., Achituv, Y., Zandbank, K., and Tchernov, D., “Mechanisms of habitat segregation between corallimorpharians: photosynthetic parameters and Symbiodinium types”, Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 369, pp. 115 - 129, 2008.
Discosoma unguja 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.
Discosoma unguja Gulf of Aqaba B. Kuguru, Chadwick, N. E., Achituv, Y., Zandbank, K., and Tchernov, D., “Mechanisms of habitat segregation between corallimorpharians: photosynthetic parameters and Symbiodinium types”, Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 369, pp. 115 - 129, 2008.
Discosoma unguja 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.
Discosoma unguja Gulf of Aqaba B. Kuguru, Chadwick, N. E., Achituv, Y., Zandbank, K., and Tchernov, D., “Mechanisms of habitat segregation between corallimorpharians: photosynthetic parameters and Symbiodinium types”, Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 369, pp. 115 - 129, 2008.