Cespitularia sp.

Super Group: 
Eukaryota
Phylum: 
Cnidaria
Class: 
Anthozoa
Order: 
Alcyonacea
Family: 
Xeniidae
Genus: 
Cespitularia
Species: 
sp.
Authority: 
Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850

Diagnosis

Description: Colonies forming upright, digitate lobes. Polyps not retractile, monomorphic. Colour of colonies white, brown, or blue. Sclerites are small ovals. Zooxanthellae present.

Type species

Type species: Cespitularia multipinnata Quoy and Gaimard, 1833

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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Association with... Region origin Name of site In reference...
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Western Indian
Symbiodinium sp. Western Indian
Symbiodinium- clade C Great Barrier Reef
VAN OPPEN MJH, MIEOG JC, SANCHEZ CA, FABRICIUS KE (2005) Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships. Molecular Ecology 14:2403 - 2417. doi: 10.1111/mec.2005.14.issue-810.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02545.x

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