Photosynthesising aquatic organism (4)

I believe the answer is:

alga

(Other definitions for alga that I've seen before include "nuisance on the beach?" , "Autotrophic organism" , "Plants such as seaweed" , "Water plant for a gal" , "Gala class of seaweed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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