Symbiodinium psygmophilum LaJeunesse, J.E.Parkinson & J.D.Reimer ex LaJeunesse 2017

Publication Details
Symbiodinium psygmophilum LaJeunesse, J.E.Parkinson & J.D.Reimer ex LaJeunesse 2017: 1113

Published in: LaJeunesse, T.C., Parkinson, J.E. & Reimer, J.D. (2012). A genetics-based description of Symbiodinium minutum sp. nov. and S. psygmophilum sp. nov. (Dinophyceae), two dinoflagellates symbiotic with cnidaria. Journal of Phycology 48(6): 1380-1391.

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Publication date: 2012

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

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Breviolum psygmophilum (LaJeunesse, J.E.Parkinson & J.D.Reimer) J.E.Parkinson & 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.

Type Information
Type locality: Bermuda; (LaJeunesse et al. 2012: 1383) Holotype: [originally isolated in mid-1970s by David A.Schoenberg]; from the ivory bush coral Oculina diffusa; Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota (East Boothbay, Maine, USA); cryopreserved culture strain CCMP 3320 (LaJeunesse et al. 2012: 1383)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 11 February 2013 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 August 2018

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Habitat note
Harbored by subtropical and temperate stony corals (e.g., Astrangia, Cladocora, Oculina) from the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea (LaJeunesse et al. 2012). - (11 February 2013) - 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 04 June 2025