Dataset: Genetic analyses and microsatellite characterization for formal recognition of new species of host-generalist species of dinoflagellate (Cladocopium, Symbiodiniaceae) mutualistic with Indo-Pacific reef corals collected from 2003 through 2015

This dataset has not been validatedPreliminary and in progressVersion 1 (2025-04-02)Dataset Type:Other Field ResultsDataset Type:Synthesis

Principal Investigator: Todd Christopher LaJeunesse (Pennsylvania State University)

Student: Caleb C. Butler (Pennsylvania State University)

Student: Kira E. Turnham (Pennsylvania State University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Dana Stuart Gerlach (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Project: Collaborative Research: Stability, flexibility, and functionality of thermally tolerant coral symbioses (Thermally tolerant coral)

Abstract

These genetic data were used to justify the formal characterization of new species of ‘ecological generalists’ zooxanthellae, the dinoflagellate symbionts living in the tissues of numerous marine animals including corals. Reef-building corals are dependent on endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (Family: Symbiodiniaceae) for their survival and growth but there is almost no taxonomy available for coral symbionts thus limiting research on them. These data include the sequences of genes originating from t...

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These genetic data were used to justify the formal characterization of new species of ‘ecological generalists’ zooxanthellae, the dinoflagellate symbionts living in the tissues of numerous marine animals including corals.

There are 4 data files: one table of microsatellite data plus three sequence files.

Original paper is Butler, C. C., Turnham, K. E., Lewis, A. M., Nitschke, M. R., Warner, M. E., Kemp, D. W., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Fitt, W. K., van Oppen, M. J. H. & LaJeunesse, T. C. 2023. Formal recognition of host-generalist species of dinoflagellate (Cladocopium, Symbiodiniaceae) mutualistic with Indo-Pacific reef corals. J Phycol, 59:698–711.
 

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Methods, Results
Butler, C. C., Turnham, K. E., Lewis, A. M., Nitschke, M. R., Warner, M. E., Kemp, D. W., Hoegh‐Guldberg, O., Fitt, W. K., van Oppen, M. J. H., & LaJeunesse, T. C. (2023). Formal recognition of host‐generalist species of dinoflagellate (Cladocopium, Symbiodiniaceae) mutualistic with <scp>Indo‐Pacific</scp> reef corals. Journal of Phycology, 59(4), 698–711. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13340
Methods
LaJeunesse, T. C.(2002). Diversity and community structure of symbiotic dinoflagellates from Caribbean coral reefs. Marine Biology, 141(2), 387–400. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-002-0829-2
Methods
LaJeunesse, T. C., Bhagooli, R., Hidaka, M., DeVantier, L., Done, T., Schmidt, G. W., Fitt, W.K., and Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2004). Closely related Symbiodinium spp. differ in relative dominance in coral reef host communities across environmental, latitudinal and biogeographic gradients. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 284, 147-161.
Methods
LaJeunesse, T. C., Lee, S. Y., Gil-Agudelo, D. L., Knowlton, N., & Jeong, H. J. (2015). Symbiodinium necroappetenssp. nov. (Dinophyceae): an opportunist ‘zooxanthella’ found in bleached and diseased tissues of Caribbean reef corals. European Journal of Phycology, 50(2), 223–238. https://doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2015.1025857
Methods
LaJeunesse, T. C., Loh, W. K. W., van Woesik, R., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Schmidt, G. W., & Fitt, W. K. (2003). Low symbiont diversity in southern Great Barrier Reef corals, relative to those of the Caribbean. Limnology and Oceanography, 48(5), 2046–2054. Portico. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2003.48.5.2046

Butler, C. C., LaJeunesse, T. C., Turnham, K. E. (2025) Genetic analyses and microsatellite characterization for formal recognition of new species of host-generalist species of dinoflagellate (Cladocopium, Symbiodiniaceae) mutualistic with Indo-Pacific reef corals collected from 2003 through 2015. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2025-04-02 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/957700 [access date]

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