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Mar. Drugs 2010, 8, 2546-2568; doi:10.3390/md8102546 OPEN ACCESS Marine Drugs ISSN 1660-3397 /journal/marinedrugs Review Symbiodinium—Invertebrate Symbioses and the Role of Metabolomics Benjamin R. Gordon 1,* and William Leggat 2,3 1 AIMS@JCU, Australian Institute of Marine Science, School of Pharmacy and Molecular Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia 2 ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia; E-Mail: bill.leggat@.au 3 School of Pharmacy and Molecular Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: benjamin.gordon@.au; Tel.: +61-7 Fax: +61-7 Received: 26 August 2010; in revised form: 24 September 2010 / Accepted: 26 September 2010 / Published: 30 September 2010 Abstract: Symbioses play an important role within the marine environment. Among the most well known of these symbioses is that between coral and the photosynthetic dinoflagellate, Symbiodinium spp. Understanding the metabolic relationships between the host and the symbiont is of the utmost importance in order to gain insight into how this symbiosis may be disrupted due to environmental stressors. Here we summarize the metabolites related to nutritional roles, diel cycles and the common metabolites associated with the invertebrate-Symbiodinium relationship. We also review the more obscure metabolites an