Abstract
Fish and nudibranchs prey on cnidarians that contain high densities of symbiotic dinoflagellates (zooxanthellae). Several fish (Arothron meleagris, Chaetodon auriga, and Chaetodon unimaculatus) and one nudibranch (Berghia major) feed on the Hawaiian symbiotic sea anemone Aiptasia pulchella. Fecal material of these predators consisted primarily of zooxanthellae, which were shown to be photosynthetically active and capable of re-establishing symbioses with aposymbiotic A. pulchella.
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