Molecular diversity of symbiotic algae at the latitudinal margins of their distribution: dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium in corals and sea anemones
Molecular diversity of symbiotic algae at the latitudinal margins of their distribution: dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium in corals and sea anemones
To investigate the molecular diversity of symbiotic algae at the latitudinal limits of their
distribution, the ribosomal RNA gene sequences (rDNA) of the dinoflagellate Symbiodinium in benthic
Cnidaria (corals, sea anemones etc.) on Bermuda (32°N) and in the Mediterranean and NE
Atlantic (35 to 53°N) were analysed. The algae in Bermudian Cnidaria were identified as Symbiodinium
of Phylotypes A, B and C, as previously described for benthic Cnidaria in the Caribbean
(12 to 27°N). The algae in every sample of sea anemones (Anemonia spp. and Cereus pedunculatus)
in the NE Atlantic and Mediterranean were a previously undescribed group within Phylotype A,
possibly endemic to this high latitude region.
Symbiosis, Symbiodinium, Zooxanthellae, Molecular diversity, Marginal populations
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Savage, A.M.
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Goodson, M.S.
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Visram, S.
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Trapido-Rosenthal, H.
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Wiedenmann, J.
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Douglas, A.E.
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2002
Savage, A.M.
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Goodson, M.S.
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Visram, S.
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Trapido-Rosenthal, H.
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Wiedenmann, J.
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Douglas, A.E.
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Savage, A.M., Goodson, M.S., Visram, S., Trapido-Rosenthal, H., Wiedenmann, J. and Douglas, A.E.
(2002)
Molecular diversity of symbiotic algae at the latitudinal margins of their distribution: dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium in corals and sea anemones.
Marine Ecology Progress Series, 244, .
(doi:10.3354/meps244017).
Abstract
To investigate the molecular diversity of symbiotic algae at the latitudinal limits of their
distribution, the ribosomal RNA gene sequences (rDNA) of the dinoflagellate Symbiodinium in benthic
Cnidaria (corals, sea anemones etc.) on Bermuda (32°N) and in the Mediterranean and NE
Atlantic (35 to 53°N) were analysed. The algae in Bermudian Cnidaria were identified as Symbiodinium
of Phylotypes A, B and C, as previously described for benthic Cnidaria in the Caribbean
(12 to 27°N). The algae in every sample of sea anemones (Anemonia spp. and Cereus pedunculatus)
in the NE Atlantic and Mediterranean were a previously undescribed group within Phylotype A,
possibly endemic to this high latitude region.
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Published date: 2002
Keywords:
Symbiosis, Symbiodinium, Zooxanthellae, Molecular diversity, Marginal populations
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/51218
ISSN: 0171-8630
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H. Trapido-Rosenthal
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