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Validation of the binary designation Symbiodinium thermophilum (Dinophyceae) |
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| Authors: | Benjamin C C Hume Cecilia D'Angelo Edward G Smith Jamie R Stevens John A Burt Jörg Wiedenmann |
| Institution: | 1. Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia;2. Coral Reef Laboratory, Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK;3. Marine Biology Laboratory, Centre for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates;4. Department of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK |
| Abstract: | The binary designation Symbiodinium thermophilum was invalid due to the absence of an illustration as required by Article 44.2 of the ICN. Herein, it is validated. This species is the most common symbiont in reef corals in the southern Persian/Arabian Gulf, the world's hottest body of water sustaining reef coral growth. |
| Keywords: | adaptation coral bleaching taxonomy heat tolerance symbiosis |