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=== Other invertebrates === Experimental evidence has shown invertebrates (mostly small [[crustacean]]s<ref name=":1" />) acting as pollinators in underwater environments. Beds of [[seagrass]] have been shown to reproduce this way in the absence of currents. It is not yet known how important invertebrate pollinators might be for other species.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = van Tussenbroek BI, Villamil N, Márquez-Guzmán J, Wong R, Monroy-Velázquez LV, Solis-Weiss V | title = Experimental evidence of pollination in marine flowers by invertebrate fauna | journal = Nature Communications | volume = 7 | issue = 1 | pages = 12980 | date = September 2016 | pmid = 27680661 | pmc = 5056424 | doi = 10.1038/ncomms12980 | bibcode = 2016NatCo...712980V }}</ref> Later, ''[[Idotea balthica]]'' was discovered to help ''[[Gracilaria]] gracilis'' reproduce – the first known case of an animal helping [[algae]] reproduce.<ref>{{cite news | vauthors = Roth A |title=Like Bees of the Seas, These Crustaceans Pollinate Seaweed |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/28/science/pollination-algae-crustacean.html |access-date=21 August 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=28 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Lavaut E, Guillemin ML, Colin S, Faure A, Coudret J, Destombe C, Valero M | title = Pollinators of the sea: A discovery of animal-mediated fertilization in seaweed | journal = Science | volume = 377 | issue = 6605 | pages = 528–530 | date = July 2022 | pmid = 35901149 | doi = 10.1126/science.abo6661 | bibcode = 2022Sci...377..528L | s2cid = 251159505 | url = https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03740649/file/Lavaut_Science_2022_version%20Hal.pdf }}</ref>
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