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GaryWhite
07-16-2009, 07:10 PM
Unicellular, symbiotic algae living within coral polyps that produce food for their hosts by photosynthesis; Tiny plants that live in a symbiotic relationship with certain corals, clams, and some sponges; Symbiotic dinoflagellates in the genus Symbiodinium that live in the tissues of a number of marine invertebrates and protists; A generic term for small, autotrophic bacteria or protists which are found as endosymbionts of metazoans (nudibranchs, corals, etc.) and radiolarians.

PHYTO4LIFE
07-17-2009, 06:47 AM
If you want add azooxanthellate

CarmieJo
07-26-2009, 12:14 AM
If you want lifecycle defined by Hugo Freudenthal.

GaryWhite
08-13-2009, 05:05 PM
Greetings All !

Excellent suggestions ... azooxanthellate and life cycle have been added.

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PHYTO4LIFE
08-14-2009, 11:22 AM
How about Asexual or maybe nitrogen cycle?

GaryWhite
08-20-2009, 04:59 PM
The terms asexual, sexual, and nitrogen cycle have been added. The definitions of both sexual & asexual are constrained within the context of reproduction.

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