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Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/jpy.12595
Subject(s) - biology , bioerosion , symbiodinium , coral reef , ecology , coral , holobiont , symbiosis , bacteria , genetics
ON THE COVER: Dinoflagellates in the genus Symbiodinium form ecologically important mutualisms with certain sponges that overgrow reef‐building corals through bioerosion of the colony's skeleton. Here the coral Phymastrea (=Montastraea) magnistellata is being consumed by Cliona orientalis harboring Symbiodinium endoclionum sp. nov. With increasing environmental degradation and pollution of coral reef ecosystems, sponges with algal endosymbionts are likely to become more prevalent. Photo courtesy of the AIMS Long Term Monitoring Program. [Vol. 53, No. 5, pp. 951–960]