is a genus of colonial stony corals that are widely distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. According to the differences of microbasic p-mastigophore (MpM) nematocysts and mitochondrial haplotype, four types (type S, type H, type M and type +) were identified in this genus. There is significant genetic differentiation among those types and they belong to distinct branches in the Maximum likelihood tree, therefore they conform to the primary species hypotheses (PSHs) and the whole might be a species complex.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe symbiosis between cnidarian hosts and photosynthetic dinoflagellates of the family Symbiodiniaceae (i.e., zooxanthellae) provides the energy foundation of coral reef ecosystems in oligotrophic waters.
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