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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) (5 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.

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