Symbiodinium- clade D

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Suessiales
Family: 
Symbiodiniaceae
Genus: 
Symbiodinium
Cluster: 
clade D
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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Association with... Region origin Name of site In reference...
Clavularia sp. Torres strait M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Clavularia sp. Long Island M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Pavona decussata Guam X. Pochon, Pawlowski, J., Zaninetti, L., and Rowan, R., “High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans”, Marine Biology, vol. 139, no. 6, pp. 1069 - 1078, 2001.
Tubipora musica Hook Island M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Tubipora musica Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Acropora tenuis Guam X. Pochon, Pawlowski, J., Zaninetti, L., and Rowan, R., “High genetic diversity and relative specificity among Symbiodinium -like endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in soritid foraminiferans”, Marine Biology, vol. 139, no. 6, pp. 1069 - 1078, 2001.
Klyxum sp. Northern Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Cladiella sp. Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Cladiella sp. Northern Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Capnella sp. Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Sympodium sp. Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Isis hippuris Great Barrier Reef M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.
Alertigorgia orientalis Long Island M. J. H. VAN OPPEN, MIEOG, J. C., SANCHEZ, C. A., and FABRICIUS, K. E., “Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2403 - 2417, 2005.