Other algae occurring symbiotically in reef organisms include a diversity of cyanobacteria (Prochloron), chlorophytes (zoochlorellae), diatoms, rhodophytes, chrysophytes, and even free, ephermal chloroplasts from chlorophytes and rhodophytes. Algal symbionts have been found in a variety of hosts, including other algae, ciliates, foraminifera, sponges, cnidarians, flatworms, molluscs, echinoderms, and ascidians;
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