title: Symbiodiniaceae ITS2 data of Porites samples from the Ningaloo Reef
design: DNA was extracted from 44 samples using the DNeasy Blood & Tissue Kit (Qiagen, USA) following the manufacturers protocol for Purification of Total DNA from Animal Tissues (Spin-Column Protocol). The ITS2 region was amplified from samples using primers ITS-DINO (Pochon et al. 2001) and ITS2Rev2 (Stat et al. 2009), followed by library preparation with universal Illumina adapters (Forward: 5'  TCGTCGGCAGCGTCAGATGTGTATAAGAGACAG - 3; Reverse: 5' -GTCTCGTGGGCTCGGAGATGTGTATAAGAGACAG - 3) and 30% PhiX spiking.