First description of algal mutualistic endosymbiosis in a black coral (Anthozoa: Antipatharia)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 435, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-11

  Bo, Marzia ^a   Baker, Andrew C ^b,c   Gaino, Elda ^d   Wirshing, Herman H ^b   Scoccia, Francesca ^d   Bavestrello, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Black corals; Cirrhi pathes; Coral reefs; Symbiodinium; Symbiosis; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ENDOSYMBIONT; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MICROALGA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTUALISM; NEW RECORD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ANTIPATHARIA; CIRRHIPATHES; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); METAZOA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 80051969879     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09228     Document Type: Article

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