Clade
ITS2
Type
Genbank
number
B1
AF333511
B10
AF499787
B17
AY074987
B1j
GU907637
C1
AF333515
Pseudonyms
Symbiodinium
pulchrorum;
S. bermudense
B
C3
Symbiodinium
goreaui
C12
D1
AF499797
AF499801
C7a
AF334660
Symbiodinium
glynni
AF499802
Symbiodinium
trenchii, D1b,
D5, D1a
Previously
reported in
O. annularis
Exuma Islands &
Florida Keys;
Barbados; Bahamas;
US Virgin Islands;
Bermuda
LaJeunesse 2002; Savage
et al. 2002; Thornhill et al.
2006; Correa et al. 2009;
Thornhill et al. 2009;
Finney et al. 2010
Florida Keys
Thornhill et al. 2009
Belize
Barbados; Belize; Curacao;
Venezuela
Bahamas; Cuba; Honduras;
Tobago
Belize; Columbia; Dominica
Panama
Eastern Caribbean
Savage et al. 2002
LaJeunesse et al. 2009;
Finney et al. 2010;
Correa et al. 2009
Bahamas; Barbados; Cayman
Islands; Cuba; Curacao;
Dominica; Dominican Rep.;
Jamaica; Nicaragua; US
Virgin Islands; Tobago;
Venezuela
Bahamas; Barbados; Cuba;
Curacao; Dominica;
Dominican Rep.; Nicaragua;
US Virgin Islands; Tobago;
Venezuela
n/a
US Virgin Islands;
Barbados
Bahamas; Belize; Cuba;
Dominica; Honduras; US
Virgin Islands
Exuma Islands; US
Virgin Islands; South
Yucatan; Florida Keys
US Virgin Islands
US Virgin Islands;
Exuma Islands;
Florida Keys
LaJeunesse 2002;
Thornhill et al. 2006;
Warner et al. 2006; Correa
et al. 2009; Thornhill et al.
2009
Warner et al. 2006; Correa
et al. 2009; LaJeunesse et
al. 2009; Finney et al. 2010
Eastern Caribbean;
Exhuma Islands
Thornhill et al. 2006;
LaJeunesse et al. 2009;
Thornhill et al. 2009;
Finney et al. 2010;
US Virgin Islands;
South Yucatan; Exuma
Islands; Florida Keys
LaJeunesse et al. 2001;
LaJeunesse 2002;
Thornhill et al. 2006;
Correa et al. 2009;
LaJeunesse et al. 2009;
Finney et al. 2010
LaJeunesse 2002;
Thornhill et al. 2006;
Correa et al. 2009; Finney
et al. 2010; LaJeunesse et
al. 2009
D
D1-4
References
Bahamas; Barbados; Belize;
Cayman Islands; Columbia;
Cuba; Curacao; Dominican
Rep.; Honduras; Jamaica;
Nicaragua; Tobago; US
Virgin Islands; Venezuela
Cayman Islands; Cuba
AF499789
C
C7
Locations detected in
this study
Table S1. Dominant Symbiodinium ITS2 types identified by DGGE analysis in this study, along with
GenBank accession numbers and details on sampling locations from this and previous studies.
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