zooxanthellatehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zooxanthellate_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezooxanthellate, adj. & n.
First published 2016

zooxanthellateadjective & noun

Biology.
  1. 1981–
    a. n.A coral that possesses symbiotic zooxanthellae; b. adj.designating corals that possess symbiotic zooxanthellae; of or relating to zooxanthellae.
    Stressed as zooxanˈthellate.
    1. 1981
      It will be more convenient and precise from here onwards to refer to the two groups [of scleractinian corals] as zooxanthellates and non-zooxanthellates respectively.
      B. R. Rosen in P. L. Forey, Evolving Biosphere ix. 106/2
    2. 1981
      An important feature of the separation of zooxanthellate distribution into two realms is that there is a great disparity in their diversity.
      B. R. Rosen in P. L. Forey, Evolving Biosphere ix. 107/2
    3. 1986
      How water clarity influences zonation of zooxanthellate corals.
      Palaios vol. 1 391 (caption)
    4. 2008
      There are 13 species of scleractinian corals recorded in the study region (two zooxanthellates and 11 azooxanthellates).
      H. Reyes-Bonilla et al. in G. D. Danemann & E. Ezcurra, Bahía de los Ángeles x. 314

Originally published as part of the entry for zooxanthella, n.

zooxanthellate, adj. & n. was first published in 2016.