Symbiodinium- clade A
Super Group:
Alveolata
Phylum:
Dinophyta
Class:
Dinophyceae
Order:
Suessiales
Family:
Symbiodiniaceae
Genus:
Symbiodinium
Cluster:
clade A
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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Association with... | Region origin | Name of site | In reference... |
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Millepora dichotoma | Gulf of Aqaba | Elat | « High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans », Marine Biology, vol. 139, nᵒ 6, p. 1069 - 1078, 2001. | ,
Acropora tenuis | Elat | « High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans », Marine Biology, vol. 139, nᵒ 6, p. 1069 - 1078, 2001. | ,|
Capnella sp. | Northern Great Barrier Reef | « Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships », Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, nᵒ 8, p. 2403 - 2417, 2005. | ,|
Porites nigrescens | Reunion Island | « High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans », Marine Biology, vol. 139, nᵒ 6, p. 1069 - 1078, 2001. | ,