Zooxanthella microadriatica (LaJeunesse) Guiry & R.A.Andersen 1979
Publication Details
Zooxanthella microadriatica (LaJeunesse) Guiry & R.A.Andersen 1979: 202
Published in: Guiry, M.D. & Andersen, R.A. (2018). Validation of the generic name Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae, Suessiaceae) revisited and the reinstatement of Zooxanthella K.Brandt. Notulae Algarum 58: 1-5, no figs.
Request PDFPublication date: on line 27 April 2018
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Zooxanthella is Zooxanthella nutricula K.Brandt.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Symbiodinium microadriaticum LaJeunesse.
Source of Synonymy
LaJeunesse, T.C., Parkinson, J.E., Gabrielson, P.W., Jeong, H.J., Reimer, J.D., Voolstra,, C.R. & Santos, S.R. (2018). Systematic revision of Symbiodiniaceae highlights the antiquity and diversity of coral endosymbionts. Current Biology 28: 1-11.
Basionym
Symbiodinium microadriaticum LaJeunesse
Type Information
Type locality: Key Largo in the Florida Keys, USA (25°06'06.1"N, 80°26'20.4"W); (LaJeunesse 2017: 1112) Holotype: isolated by David A. Schoenberg; isolated in 1977; from Cassiopeia xamachana; US; 223175 (preserved cells of the cultured strain CCMP 2464/rt-061) (LaJeunesse 2017: 1112) Notes: Type locality: Key Largo, Florida, USA (25°00'00"N, 80°50'00"W) (Lee et al., 2015: 158). Discovery Bay, Jamaica, W.I.; Florida Keys, Florida; intracellular symbiont from the jellyfishes Cassiopeia xamachana and C. frondosa (Trench & Blank, 1987:479).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 02 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 April 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 April 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 November 2024
