zooxanthellae
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zooxanthellae (noun, plural; Greek zoon, animal; diminutive xanthos, yellow): Symbiotic intracellular algae that are usually endodermal, from which cnidarians derive nutritive benefit from the algal photosynthate
See also: zoochlorellae.
