Table 3 Composition of exosymbiotic communities and their frequencies in colonies of Pocillopora damicornis type α and β (sensu Schmidt-Roach et al. 2014) at the adult and juvenile stages and in different sites [low impacted (LI) versus high impacted (HI)] from Reunion Island (RI) and New Caledonia (NC).

From: Molecular characterization reveals the complexity of previously overlooked coral-exosymbiont interactions and the implications for coral-guild ecology

 

Assemblage

Site LI

Site HI

Island

Trapezia

A. lottini

Additional

Adult

Juvenile

Adult

Juvenile

    

α

β

α

β

α

β

α

β

NC

T. septata*

A. lottini L1*

8

 

1

 

2

4

  

T. serenei

1

       

T. serenei + A. lottini (N = 3 juveniles)

1

       

T. lutea L2

1

       

A. lottini L2*

6

   

5

2

  

T. cymodoce

2

       

T. guttata*

2

       

T. serenei

    

1

   

  

5

 

3

   

T. guttata*

A. lottini L1*

1

   

3

   

A. lottini L2*

 

1

  

2

   

  

14

  

2

1

1

T. cymodoce

A. lottini L2*

2

       
 

T. lutea L2

1

       
 

A. lottini L1* (N = 1 juvenile)

1

       

A. lottini L1*

T. lutea L2

1

       

  

2

     

T. lutea L2

A. lottini L1*

1

   

1

   

A. lottini L2*

     

1

  

     

1

  

T. bidentata L2

A. lottini L1*

1

       

A. lottini L2*

    

1

   

T. serenei

A. lottini L2*

    

1

   

A. lottini L2*

  

1

     

  

7

   

9

17

RI

T. guttata*

 

7

 

7

   

2

A. lottini L1*

 

13

 

1

 

1

  
 

T. bella

 

1

      

T. speciosa*

A. lottini L1*

 

2

 

1

 

1

  

T. guttata*

       

1

 

   

7

 

23

 

15

 

T. bidentata L1 + T. serenei

     

1

  

T. bella

A. lottini L1*

 

2

      

 

1

   

2

  

T. bidentata L1

A. lottini L1*

 

1

      

T. lutea L1

A. lottini L1*

 

1

   

1

  

   

2

 

1

 

1

A. lottini L1*

 

1

      

 

1

 

13

 

1

 

6

  1. *exosymbiotic key species.