Photosymbiosis

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Photosymbiosis is a type of

organisms is capable of photosynthesis.[1]

Examples of photosymbiosis
endosymbiotically
Mussa angulosa coral
Southern giant clam Tridacna derasa
Upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana

Examples of photosymbiotic relationships include those in

fire corals, giant clams, and jellyfish.[2][3][4]

Photosymbiosis is important in the development, maintenance, and

water, and coral reef growth and maintenance.[5][6]

chloroplasts—a type of plastid
.

When one organism lives within another symbiotically it’s called

plants.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "photosymbiosis". Oxford Reference.
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  4. ^ Enrique-Navarro A, Huertas E, Flander-Putrle V, Bartual A, Navarro G, Ruiz J, Malej A, Prieto L. "Living Inside a Jellyfish: The Symbiosis Case Study of Host-Specialized Dinoflagellates, "Zooxanthellae", and the Scyphozoan Cotylorhiza tuberculata". Retrieved 2023-06-18.
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  8. ^ Basic Biology (18 March 2016). "Bacteria".


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