ITS2 profiling T maxima-Symbiodiniaceae assemblages in the Red Sea

Giant clams are important members of Indo-Pacific coral reefs and are among the few bivalve groups that live in a symbiosis with unicellular algae (Symbiodiniaceae). Despite the importance of these endosymbiotic dinoflagellates for clam ecology, the diversity and specificity of these associations remains relatively poorly studied, especially in the Red Sea.