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zooxanthellae [‚zō·ə·zan′thē‚lē] (biology) Microscopic yellow-green algae which live symbiotically in certain radiolarians and marine invertebrates. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Cold water corals survive in water below the reach of sunlight, so no zooxanthellae provide extra nutrition. Tucked inside a polyp's inner tissue layer are algae (plantlike microorganisms that produce their own food), called zooxanthellae (ZOH-sen-THEL-lee). Yellow band and dark spot syndromes in Caribbean corals: distribution, rate of spread, cytology, and effects on abundance and division rate of zooxanthellae. |
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