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[โ€“] [email protected] 159 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (12 children)

Kinda but not quite:

Costasiella kuroshimae are capable of a physiological process called kleptoplasty, in which they retain the chloroplasts from the algae they feed on. Absorbing the chloroplasts from algae then enables them to indirectly perform photosynthesis.[6]

Source: Costasiella kuroshimae

[โ€“] [email protected] 68 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

And I'm pretty sure there are also jellyfish that live in symbyosis with algae that they carry along with them which photosynthesize, creating sugars for the jellyfish.

[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

homo sapiens is known to use photosynthesis through symbiotic relationships with various grasses to create sugars, lipids, and proteins for itself

[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Eh, that's a few dozen steps removed. By that standard, every herbivore "uses" photosynthesis.

These guys (coral & lichen too) use photosynthesis much more directly, completely encapsulating the algea and supporting it internally. It's much closer to mitochondria.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

True haha, thats a good distinction. I'm just joking here.

Kind of interesting that chloroplasts in plants seem to be a sort of symbiosis as well, like mitochondria, considering the cell walls around them.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yes, they are distinct organelles with their own DNA, so you are spot on with the comparison to mitochondria

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