Symbiodinium pilosum Trench & R.J.Blank ex LaJeunesse 2017

Publication Details
Symbiodinium pilosum Trench & R.J.Blank ex LaJeunesse 2017: 1113

Published in: LaJeunesse, T.C. (2017). Validation and description of Symbiodinium microadriaticum, the type species of Symbiodinium (Dinophyta) (Note). Journal of Phycology 53(5): 1109-1114, 1 fig.

Publication date: 2017

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Symbiodinium is Symbiodinium natans Gert Hansen & Daugbjerg.

Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.

Type Information
Type locality: Discovery Bay, Jamaica, W.I.; (Trench & Blank 1987: 480) Type: Intracellular symbiont from the zoanthid Zoanthus sociatus; (Trench & Blank 1987: 480) Notes: Holotype not designated.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), soft-hairy.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 August 2018

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Nomenclatural note
Invalid when first introduced by Trench & Blank (1987: 479, 480, fig. 5 a-c): type not designated. Attempted validation in Trench (2000). Validated by LaJeunesse (2017: 1113); see also LaJeunesse (2018: 1). - (29 August 2012) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 August 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 March 2025