Todd LaJeunesse

Resolving widespread and endemic dinoflagellates (Symbiodiniaceae) mutualistic with Indo-Pacific octocorals reveals differences in specificity based on host phylogeny
Caleb C. Butler, Kira E. Turnham, Andy Hess, Todd C. LaJeunesse, Feb 2026, In: Journal of Phycology
Date: Feb 2026

Limited persistence of the heat-tolerant zooxanthella, Durusdinium trenchii, in corals transplanted to a barrier reef where it is rare among natal colonies
Kira E. Turnham, Allison M. Lewis, Dustin W. Kemp, Mark E. Warner, Drew F. Wham, Robin T. Smith, Kenneth Hoadley, Patrick L. Colin, Yimnang Golbuu, Todd C. LaJeunesse, Apr 2025, In: Coral Reefs
Date: Apr 2025

Morphological and genetic characterization of Stylophora madagascarensis, Pocillopora acuta, and Pocillopora verrucosa in Mauritius and their thermal photophysiological stress responses
Sruti Jeetun, Melanie Ricot, Shakeel Yavan Jogee, Deepeeka Kaullysing, Nawsheen Taleb-Hossenkhan, Todd Christopher LaJeunesse, Grégory Philippart, Olivier Collard, Jean François Flot, Diah Permata Wijayanti, Mathinee Yucharoen, Bernardo Nascimento, Yoshimi Suzuki, Beatriz Estela Casareto, Ranjeet ..., Jan 2025, In: Bulletin of Marine Science
Date: Jan 2025

Influence of reef habitat on coral microbial associations
Shelby E. Gantt, Keri M. Kemp, Patrick L. Colin, Kenneth D. Hoadley, Todd C. LaJeunesse, Mark E. Warner, Dustin W. Kemp, Dec 2024, In: Environmental Microbiology Reports
Date: Dec 2024

The genome of a giant clam zooxanthella (Cladocopium infistulum) offers few clues to adaptation as an extracellular symbiont with high thermotolerance
Raúl A. González-Pech, Jihanne Shepherd, Zachary L. Fuller, Todd C. LaJeunesse, John Everett Parkinson, Dec 2024, In: BMC genomics
Date: Dec 2024

The diversity, distribution, and temporal stability of coral ‘zooxanthellae’ on a pacific reef
Allison M. Lewis, Caleb C. Butler, Kira E. Turnham, Drew F. Wham, Kenneth D. Hoadley, Robin T. Smith, Dustin W. Kemp, Mark E. Warner, Todd C. LaJeunesse, 2024, In: Coral Reefs
Date: 2024

Host–symbiont plasticity in the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana
Victoria Sharp, Allison H. Kerwin, Marta Mammone, Viridiana Avila-Magana, Kira Turnham, Aki Ohdera, Todd LaJeunesse, Monica Medina, 2024, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Date: 2024

Similarities in biomass and energy reserves among coral colonies from contrasting reef environments
Elise F. Keister, Shelby E. Gantt, Hannah G. Reich, Kira E. Turnham, Timothy G. Bateman, Todd C. LaJeunesse, Mark E. Warner, Dustin W. Kemp, Dec 2023, In: Scientific reports
Date: Dec 2023

Scott Ross Santos (1972–2024)
Todd C. Lajeunesse, Daniel Thornhill, Justin C. Havird, Kenneth M. Halanych, Mary Alice Coffroth, Dec 2023, In: Biological Bulletin
Date: Dec 2023

Acclimatization of a coral-dinoflagellate mutualism at a CO₂ vent
Fiorella Prada, Silvia Franzellitti, Erik Caroselli, Itay Cohen, Mauro Marini, Alessandra Campanelli, Lorenzo Sana, Arianna Mancuso, Chiara Marchini, Alessia Puglisi, Marco Candela, Tali Mass, Franco Tassi, Todd C. LaJeunesse, Zvy Dubinsky, Giuseppe Falini, Stefano Goffredo, Dec 2023, In: Communications Biology
Date: Dec 2023

Systematic Revision of Symbiodiniaceae Highlights the Antiquity and Diversity of Coral Endosymbionts
Todd C. LaJeunesse, John Everett Parkinson, Paul W. Gabrielson, Hae Jin Jeong, James Davis Reimer, Christian R. Voolstra, Scott R. Santos, Aug 20 2018, In: Current Biology
Citations: 1,384

Diversity and community structure of symbiotic dinoflagellates from Caribbean coral reefs
T. C. LaJeunesse, 2002, In: Marine Biology
Citations: 601

Investigating the biodiversity, ecology, and phylogeny of endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in the genus Symbiodinium using the its region
Todd C. LaJeunesse, 2001, In: Journal of Phycology
Citations: 579

Low symbiont diversity in southern Great Barrier Reef corals, relative to those of the Caribbean
Todd C. LaJeunesse, William K.W. Loh, Robert Van Woesik, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Gregory W. Schmidt, William K. Fitt, Sep 2003, In: Limnology and Oceanography
Citations: 369

Biogeography of two species of Symbiodinium (Freudenthal) inhabiting the intertidal sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima (Brandt)
T. C. Lajeunesse, R. K. Trench, 2000, In: Biological Bulletin
Citations: 342

"Species" radiations of symbiotic dinoflagellates in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific since the Miocene-Pliocene transition
Todd C. LaJeunesse, Mar 2005, In: Molecular biology and evolution
Citations: 340

Multi-year, seasonal genotypic surveys of coral-algal symbioses reveal prevalent stability or post-bleaching reversion
Daniel J. Thornhill, Todd C. LaJeunesse, Dustin W. Kemp, William K. Fitt, Gregory W. Schmidt, Feb 2006, In: Marine Biology
Citations: 339

Different algal symbionts explain the vertical distribution of dominant reef corals in the eastern Pacific
R. Iglesias-Prieto, V. H. Beltrán, T. C. LaJeunesse, H. Reyes-Bonilla, P. E. Thomé, Aug 22 2004, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Citations: 337

Long-standing environmental conditions, geographic isolation and host-symbiont specificity influence the relative ecological dominance and genetic diversification of coral endosymbionts in the genus Symbiodinium
Todd C. LaJeunesse, Daniel T. Pettay, Eugenia M. Sampayo, Niphon Phongsuwan, Barbara Brown, David O. Obura, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, William K. Fitt, May 2010, In: Journal of Biogeography
Citations: 333

Closely related Symbiodinium spp. differ in relative dominance in coral reef host communities across environmental, latitudinal and biogeographic gradients
T. C. LaJeunesse, R. Bhagooli, M. Hidaka, L. DeVantier, T. Done, G. W. Schmidt, W. K. Fitt, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, Dec 21 2004, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series
Citations: 309

Centers & Institutes

• One Health Microbiome Center

• Ecology IGDP
• Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences IGDP

• Department of Biology
• The Symbiosis Ecology and Evolution Laboratory
• Elsevier Pure Profile