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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Madracis pharensis 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.
Madracis pharensis Curacao P. R. Frade, DE JONGH, F., VERMEULEN, F., VAN BLEIJSWIJK, J., and Bak, R. P. M., “Variation in symbiont distribution between closely related coral species over large depth ranges”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 691 - 703, 2008.
Madracis pharensis 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.
Madracis pharensis Curacao P. R. Frade, DE JONGH, F., VERMEULEN, F., VAN BLEIJSWIJK, J., and Bak, R. P. M., “Variation in symbiont distribution between closely related coral species over large depth ranges”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 691 - 703, 2008.
Madracis senaria Curacao P. R. Frade, DE JONGH, F., VERMEULEN, F., VAN BLEIJSWIJK, J., and Bak, R. P. M., “Variation in symbiont distribution between closely related coral species over large depth ranges”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 691 - 703, 2008.
Madracis senaria Curacao P. R. Frade, DE JONGH, F., VERMEULEN, F., VAN BLEIJSWIJK, J., and Bak, R. P. M., “Variation in symbiont distribution between closely related coral species over large depth ranges”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 691 - 703, 2008.
Madracis senaria Curacao P. R. Frade, DE JONGH, F., VERMEULEN, F., VAN BLEIJSWIJK, J., and Bak, R. P. M., “Variation in symbiont distribution between closely related coral species over large depth ranges”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 691 - 703, 2008.
Madracis senaria Curacao P. R. Frade, DE JONGH, F., VERMEULEN, F., VAN BLEIJSWIJK, J., and Bak, R. P. M., “Variation in symbiont distribution between closely related coral species over large depth ranges”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 691 - 703, 2008.
Marginopora vertebralis Lizard Island 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.
Marginopora vertebralis Great Barrier Reef 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.
Marginopora vertebralis Mariana Islands 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.
Marginopora vertebralis Reunion Island X. Pochon, Stat, M., Takabayashi, M., Chasqui, L., Chauka, L. J., Logan, D. D. K., and GATES, R. U. T. H. D., “COMPARISON OF ENDOSYMBIOTIC AND FREE-LIVING SYMBIODINIUM (DINOPHYCEAE) DIVERSITY IN A HAWAIIAN REEF ENVIRONMENT1”, Journal of Phycology, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 53 - 65, 2010.
Marginopora vertebralis Mariana Islands 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.
Marginopora vertebralis Great Barrier Reef X. Pochon, LaJeunesse, T. C., and Pawlowski, J., “Biogeographic partitioning and host specialization among foraminiferan dinoflagellate symbionts (Symbiodinium; Dinophyta)”, Marine Biology, vol. 146, no. 1, pp. 17 - 27, 2004.
Marginopora vertebralis 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.
Marginopora vertebralis Mariana Islands 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.
Marginopora vertebralis Great Barrier Reef X. Pochon, LaJeunesse, T. C., and Pawlowski, J., “Biogeographic partitioning and host specialization among foraminiferan dinoflagellate symbionts (Symbiodinium; Dinophyta)”, Marine Biology, vol. 146, no. 1, pp. 17 - 27, 2004.
Marginopora vertebralis 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.
Marginopora vertebralis Mariana Islands 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.
Marginopora vertebralis Great Barrier Reef X. Pochon, LaJeunesse, T. C., and Pawlowski, J., “Biogeographic partitioning and host specialization among foraminiferan dinoflagellate symbionts (Symbiodinium; Dinophyta)”, Marine Biology, vol. 146, no. 1, pp. 17 - 27, 2004.
Marginopora vertebralis 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.
Marginopora vertebralis Great Barrier Reef X. Pochon, LaJeunesse, T. C., and Pawlowski, J., “Biogeographic partitioning and host specialization among foraminiferan dinoflagellate symbionts (Symbiodinium; Dinophyta)”, Marine Biology, vol. 146, no. 1, pp. 17 - 27, 2004.
Marginopora vertebralis 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.
Marginopora vertebralis Great Barrier Reef X. Pochon, LaJeunesse, T. C., and Pawlowski, J., “Biogeographic partitioning and host specialization among foraminiferan dinoflagellate symbionts (Symbiodinium; Dinophyta)”, Marine Biology, vol. 146, no. 1, pp. 17 - 27, 2004.
Marginopora vertebralis Great Barrier Reef 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.
Marginopora vertebralis Great Barrier Reef X. Pochon, LaJeunesse, T. C., and Pawlowski, J., “Biogeographic partitioning and host specialization among foraminiferan dinoflagellate symbionts (Symbiodinium; Dinophyta)”, Marine Biology, vol. 146, no. 1, pp. 17 - 27, 2004.
Marginopora vertebralis 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.
Marginopora 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.
Marginopora 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.
Marginopora 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.
Marginopora 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.
Marginopora 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.
Marginopora 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.
Marginopora sp. Mariana Islands 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.
Maristentor dinoferus Mariana Islands C. Lobban, Schefter, M., Simpson, A., Pochon, X., Pawlowski, J., and Foissner, W., “Maristentor dinoferus n. gen., n. sp., a giant heterotrich ciliate (Spirotrichea: Heterotrichida) with zooxanthellae, from coral reefs on Guam, Mariana Islands”, Marine Biology, vol. 140, no. 2, pp. 411 - 423, 2002.
Mastigias sp. 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.
Mastigias sp. 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.
Millepora complanata 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.
Millepora complanata 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.
Millepora complanata 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.
Millepora complanata 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.
Millepora complanata 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.
Millepora platyphylla 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.
Millepora platyphylla 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.
Millepora platyphylla 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.
Millepora platyphylla 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.
Millepora platyphylla 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.
Millepora platyphylla 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.
Millepora platyphylla 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.
Millepora platyphylla 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.