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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
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
0171-8630
17-26
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.
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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, 17-26. (doi:10.3354/meps244017).

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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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Local EPrints ID: 51218
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/51218
ISSN: 0171-8630
PURE UUID: ed92db6c-f130-4e16-a3b1-245359e8c690
ORCID for J. Wiedenmann: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2128-2943

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Date deposited: 12 May 2008
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:53

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Author: A.M. Savage
Author: M.S. Goodson
Author: S. Visram
Author: H. Trapido-Rosenthal
Author: J. Wiedenmann ORCID iD
Author: A.E. Douglas

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