New solar-powered clam just dropped, part of a small club that partner with algae in their bodies for food! Geloina expansa, which lives in mangroves in South Asia and farms algae called zooxanthellae in its gills, the same type that corals partner with in a process called photosymbiosis. (370)
October 8, 2026 at 10:41 PM
New solar-powered clam just dropped, part of a small club that partner with algae in their bodies for food! Geloina expansa, which lives in mangroves in South Asia and farms algae called zooxanthellae in its gills, the same type that corals partner with in a process called photosymbiosis. (370)
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New solar-powered clam just dropped, part of a small club that partner with algae in their bodies for food! Geloina expansa lives in mangroves in South Asia and farms algae called zooxanthellae in its gills, the same type that corals partner with in a process […]
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October 8, 2026 at 10:47 PM
New solar-powered clam just dropped, part of a small club that partner with algae in their bodies for food! Geloina expansa lives in mangroves in South Asia and farms algae called zooxanthellae in its gills, the same type that corals partner with in a process […]
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Article a #Docusalut: Depth-dependent temperature shifts and their impact on zooxanthellae dynamics and physiological stress in Anemonia sulcata https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13003/27601 @idisba.bsky.social #PublicaSalutIB
September 30, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Article a #Docusalut: Depth-dependent temperature shifts and their impact on zooxanthellae dynamics and physiological stress in Anemonia sulcata https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13003/27601 @idisba.bsky.social #PublicaSalutIB
Corals aren’t the only animals that bleach. 🪸🐠🦑
Many sea anemones also host microscopic algae called zooxanthellae. When environmental stress disrupts that relationship, anemones can lose their algae and turn pale or white—much like corals.
📷 Dani Escayola / Ocean Image Bank / The Ocean Agency
Many sea anemones also host microscopic algae called zooxanthellae. When environmental stress disrupts that relationship, anemones can lose their algae and turn pale or white—much like corals.
📷 Dani Escayola / Ocean Image Bank / The Ocean Agency
September 29, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Corals aren’t the only animals that bleach. 🪸🐠🦑
Many sea anemones also host microscopic algae called zooxanthellae. When environmental stress disrupts that relationship, anemones can lose their algae and turn pale or white—much like corals.
📷 Dani Escayola / Ocean Image Bank / The Ocean Agency
Many sea anemones also host microscopic algae called zooxanthellae. When environmental stress disrupts that relationship, anemones can lose their algae and turn pale or white—much like corals.
📷 Dani Escayola / Ocean Image Bank / The Ocean Agency
The knobby candelabrum, a type of coral, relies on tiny algae called zooxanthellae living in its tissue for energy. These algae use sunlight to photosynthesize, providing nutrients for the coral.
Photo: Liné1 / CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: Liné1 / CC BY-SA 3.0
September 24, 2026 at 2:12 AM
The knobby candelabrum, a type of coral, relies on tiny algae called zooxanthellae living in its tissue for energy. These algae use sunlight to photosynthesize, providing nutrients for the coral.
Photo: Liné1 / CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: Liné1 / CC BY-SA 3.0
Interestingly, the shells are translucent in places, allowing light in which benefits its symbiotic relationship with photosynthesizing dinoflagellates (zooxanthellae), which live within its tissues. The cockle takes in the dinoflagellates by its mouth. Their presence causes a tertiary
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Interestingly, the shells are translucent in places, allowing light in which benefits its symbiotic relationship with photosynthesizing dinoflagellates (zooxanthellae), which live within its tissues. The cockle takes in the dinoflagellates by its mouth. Their presence causes a tertiary
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The algae are zooxanthellae, the same kind corals use. They live inside the clam's tissue by the millions, photosynthesizing and handing over sugar. In return the clam gives them a safe, sunlit place to live and a steady supply of nutrients. Neither does as well alone. 🧪 #marinelife
August 25, 2026 at 5:23 PM
The algae are zooxanthellae, the same kind corals use. They live inside the clam's tissue by the millions, photosynthesizing and handing over sugar. In return the clam gives them a safe, sunlit place to live and a steady supply of nutrients. Neither does as well alone. 🧪 #marinelife
The Hidden World of Coral Reefs by Daniel Richardson
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The Hidden World of Coral Reefs - Discovering the Vital Role of Reefs in Marine Life by Daniel Richardson
Coral reefs are living architectures built by tiny coral polyps that, through a symbiotic partnership with photosynthetic zooxanthellae, secrete calcium carb...
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The Hidden World of Coral Reefs by Daniel Richardson
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Corals get their color from microscopic algae called zooxanthellae. When ocean temperatures rise too much, corals expel them, causing coral bleaching. Bleached corals can recover, but only if conditions improve.
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July 27, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Corals get their color from microscopic algae called zooxanthellae. When ocean temperatures rise too much, corals expel them, causing coral bleaching. Bleached corals can recover, but only if conditions improve.
#MesoamericanReef #CoralBleaching #CoralReefs
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Corals get their color from microscopic algae called zooxanthellae. When ocean temperatures rise too much, corals expel them, causing coral bleaching. Bleached corals can recover, but only if conditions improve.
#MesoamericanReef #CoralBleaching #CoralReefs
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July 27, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Corals get their color from microscopic algae called zooxanthellae. When ocean temperatures rise too much, corals expel them, causing coral bleaching. Bleached corals can recover, but only if conditions improve.
#MesoamericanReef #CoralBleaching #CoralReefs
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Rising ocean temperatures cause coral bleaching, which is when corals expel the tiny algae (called zooxanthellae) living inside them. These algae provide most of the coral’s energy—and their color. Without them, corals turn white (bleached) and can die if the stress continues.
April 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Rising ocean temperatures cause coral bleaching, which is when corals expel the tiny algae (called zooxanthellae) living inside them. These algae provide most of the coral’s energy—and their color. Without them, corals turn white (bleached) and can die if the stress continues.
A Phyllodesmium briareum (Bergh, 1896) you would practically mistake them for the soft coral they feed on. They use the zooxanthellae from the coral.
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A Phyllodesmium briareum (Bergh, 1896) you would practically mistake them for the soft coral they feed on. They use the zooxanthellae from the coral.
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Living things have a range of conditions they like and thrive in, but that range is not just in one dimension.
Nicely demonstrated here by this study of giant clams (Tridacna maxima) demonstrating sensitivity to both temperature and light conditions. 🧪
Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Nicely demonstrated here by this study of giant clams (Tridacna maxima) demonstrating sensitivity to both temperature and light conditions. 🧪
Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
July 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Living things have a range of conditions they like and thrive in, but that range is not just in one dimension.
Nicely demonstrated here by this study of giant clams (Tridacna maxima) demonstrating sensitivity to both temperature and light conditions. 🧪
Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Nicely demonstrated here by this study of giant clams (Tridacna maxima) demonstrating sensitivity to both temperature and light conditions. 🧪
Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Coral bleaching is often in the news; it occurs when corals lose their endosymbionts due to stress.
And then what?
Some may corals recover, and then reabsorb those former symbionts. Although the viability of the symbionts rapidly declines after expulsion. 🧪🌊
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
And then what?
Some may corals recover, and then reabsorb those former symbionts. Although the viability of the symbionts rapidly declines after expulsion. 🧪🌊
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
February 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Coral bleaching is often in the news; it occurs when corals lose their endosymbionts due to stress.
And then what?
Some may corals recover, and then reabsorb those former symbionts. Although the viability of the symbionts rapidly declines after expulsion. 🧪🌊
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
And then what?
Some may corals recover, and then reabsorb those former symbionts. Although the viability of the symbionts rapidly declines after expulsion. 🧪🌊
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
Having a nice illustrated guide like this for zooxanthellae corals would have been very handy for... right about every other research expedition I was on.
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An illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the Recent azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with an attached glossary
The 120 presently recognized genera and seven subgenera of the azooxanthellate Scleractinia are keyed using gross morphological characters of the corallum. All genera are illustrated with calicular an...
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August 26, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Having a nice illustrated guide like this for zooxanthellae corals would have been very handy for... right about every other research expedition I was on.
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I will never get over how perfect A. sola is (starburst/sunburst anemone) 😍 credit to their zooxanthellae (symbiotic dinoflagellate algae) for some of that fabulous color! & these anemones will battle genetically unrelated anemones (even other sola) that encroach upon their territory 🔪
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September 24, 2023 at 4:57 PM
I will never get over how perfect A. sola is (starburst/sunburst anemone) 😍 credit to their zooxanthellae (symbiotic dinoflagellate algae) for some of that fabulous color! & these anemones will battle genetically unrelated anemones (even other sola) that encroach upon their territory 🔪
🌊🦑🐙🌿📷
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Excuse me, are the zooxanthellae free-range and cruelty-free?
June 17, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Excuse me, are the zooxanthellae free-range and cruelty-free?
🌱 No Stingers, Just Symbiosis
Unlike stony corals that rely on stinging cells for defense, Xenias don’t have powerful nematocysts. Instead, they thrive by rapidly growing & spreading across reef surfaces. Their polyps house symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae) that provide energy through photosynthesis.
Unlike stony corals that rely on stinging cells for defense, Xenias don’t have powerful nematocysts. Instead, they thrive by rapidly growing & spreading across reef surfaces. Their polyps house symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae) that provide energy through photosynthesis.
March 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🌱 No Stingers, Just Symbiosis
Unlike stony corals that rely on stinging cells for defense, Xenias don’t have powerful nematocysts. Instead, they thrive by rapidly growing & spreading across reef surfaces. Their polyps house symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae) that provide energy through photosynthesis.
Unlike stony corals that rely on stinging cells for defense, Xenias don’t have powerful nematocysts. Instead, they thrive by rapidly growing & spreading across reef surfaces. Their polyps house symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae) that provide energy through photosynthesis.
2)& groove whispers of an ocean warmth that was once rhythmic, not relentless
Its matrix of aragonite once pulsed with living tissue, symbiotic algal zooxanthellae glowing golden inside translucent animal skin
Now it’s a ghost of limestone:
The architecture remains, but the tenants are gone
Its matrix of aragonite once pulsed with living tissue, symbiotic algal zooxanthellae glowing golden inside translucent animal skin
Now it’s a ghost of limestone:
The architecture remains, but the tenants are gone
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December 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
2)& groove whispers of an ocean warmth that was once rhythmic, not relentless
Its matrix of aragonite once pulsed with living tissue, symbiotic algal zooxanthellae glowing golden inside translucent animal skin
Now it’s a ghost of limestone:
The architecture remains, but the tenants are gone
Its matrix of aragonite once pulsed with living tissue, symbiotic algal zooxanthellae glowing golden inside translucent animal skin
Now it’s a ghost of limestone:
The architecture remains, but the tenants are gone
I think zooxanthellae is a beautiful name for a girl
June 20, 2024 at 9:21 AM
I think zooxanthellae is a beautiful name for a girl
Today’s coral of the day is this striking Montipora species. Corals like this get their colors from microscopic algae called zooxanthellae. They’re the ones doing the photosynthesis, producing nutrients for the coral and getting protection and a home in exchange.
November 2, 2023 at 12:52 PM
Today’s coral of the day is this striking Montipora species. Corals like this get their colors from microscopic algae called zooxanthellae. They’re the ones doing the photosynthesis, producing nutrients for the coral and getting protection and a home in exchange.
Could you produce calories from your skin if you had zooxanthellae in your skin? Is there any place to look up how many calories those produce per amount of surface area?
December 29, 2024 at 7:07 AM
Could you produce calories from your skin if you had zooxanthellae in your skin? Is there any place to look up how many calories those produce per amount of surface area?
Ennzo Ortega (Cardenas lab): studying phycosphere in Symbiodiniaceae, particularly genera of Rhodobacteraceae, to examine role(s) in symbiosis. Phosphate metabolism may be part of bacterial response to zooxanthellae # ASMicrobe #AEM
June 5, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Ennzo Ortega (Cardenas lab): studying phycosphere in Symbiodiniaceae, particularly genera of Rhodobacteraceae, to examine role(s) in symbiosis. Phosphate metabolism may be part of bacterial response to zooxanthellae # ASMicrobe #AEM