Zooxanthellae
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Zooxanthellae is a colloquial term for photosynthetic single-celled organisms capable of symbiosis with diverse marine invertebrates such as corals, jellyfish, demosponges, and nudibranchs. Most known
Yellow-brown zooxanthellae
Cross section of the mantle tissue of a giant clam showing the symbiotic protozoa
A ciliate with green zoochlorellae living inside it endosymbiotically
FFS Table bottom
Symbiodinium
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Symbiodinium is a genus of dinoflagellates that encompasses the largest and most prevalent group of endosymbiotic dinoflagellates known and have photosymbiotic relationships with many species. These u
Zooxanthellae
…with diverse marine invertebrates such as corals, jellyfish, demosponges, and nudibranchs. Most known zooxanthellae are in the dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium, but some are known from the genus Amphidinium, and other taxa, as yet unidentified, may have similar endosymbiont affinities. The genus name "Zooxanthella…
Symbiodinium kawagutii
Diatoms through the microscope