Sympodium sp.

Super Group: 
Eukaryota
Phylum: 
Cnidaria
Class: 
Anthozoa
Order: 
Alcyonacea
Family: 
Xeniidae
Genus: 
Sympodium
Species: 
sp.
Authority: 
Ehrenberg, 1834

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Diagnosis

Description: Colonies forming soft spreading membranes from which the polyps arise. Polyps retractile, monomorphic. Colour of colonies white with bluish tinge. Sclerites are small ovals. Zooxanthellae present.

Type species

Type species: Sympodium caeruleum Ehrenberg, 1834 

Ecology

shallow water.

Reference(s)

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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Association with... Region origin Name of site In reference...
Symbiodinium sp. Northern 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
Symbiodinium- clade D 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