title: A new Symbiodinium clade (Dinophyceae) from soritid foraminifera in Hawai'i.
abstract: Dinoflagellates in the genus Symbiodinium are crucial components of coral reef ecosystems in their roles as endosymbionts of corals and other marine invertebrates. The genus Symbiodinium encompasses eight lineages (clades A-H), and multiple sub-clade types. Symbiodinium in clades A, B, C, and D are most commonly associated with metazoan hosts while clades C, D, F, G, and H with large soritid foraminifera. Recent studies have described a diversity of new Symbiodinium types within each clades, but no new clades have been reported since 2001. Here, we describe a new clade of Symbiodinium isolated from soritid foraminifera from Hawai'i.
authors.affiliation: Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i, Kāne'ohe, HI, USA. pochon@hawaii.edu
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Pochon
authors.forename: Ruth D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Gates
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000235:genetics; D018742:DNA, Chloroplast / Q000235:genetics; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D004141:Dinoflagellida / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D056908:Foraminifera; D015723:Gene Library; D006254:Hawaii; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008957:Models, Genetic; D010802:Phylogeny; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D018742:DNA, Chloroplast; D016054:DNA, Protozoan