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Elysia chlorotica (common name the eastern emerald elysia) is a small-to-medium-sized species of green sea slug, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc. This sea slug superficially resembles a nudibranch, yet it does not belong to that clade. Instead it is a member of the clade Sacoglossa, the sap-sucking sea slugs. … 展开
Elysia chlorotica can be found along the east coast of the United States, including the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, 展开
This species is most commonly found in salt marshes, tidal marshes, pools, and shallow creeks, at depths of 0 m to 0.5 m. 展开
Elysia chlorotica feeds on the intertidal alga Vaucheria litorea. It punctures the algal cell wall with its radula, then holds the algal strand firmly in its mouth and sucks out the contents as … 展开
Adult Elysia chlorotica are usually bright green in color owing to the presence of Vaucheria litorea chloroplasts in the cells of the slug's digestive diverticula. Since the slug does not have a protective shell or any other means of protection, the green color obtained from … 展开
Adult Elysia chlorotica are simultaneous hermaphrodites. When sexually mature, each animal produces both sperm and eggs at the same time. However, self-fertilization is … 展开
• Solar-powered Sea Slug Harnesses Stolen Plant Genes, New Scientist, 2008-11-24
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• Science News Archived 2012-09-29 at the Wayback … 展开CC-BY-SA 许可证中的维基百科文本 A Green Sea Slug Steals Power From Algae | Smithsonian
2015年2月4日 · The sea slug Elysia chlorotica is as brilliant green as a new leaf. And in a very leaf-like and un-slug-like way, it can absorb carbon dioxide.
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- The photosynthetic sea slug, which lives off the U.S. East Coast, is becoming almost too rare t…
Life has certain rules and patterns. Plants, with their incredible ability to harness the sun’s energy, don’t go roaming around. They don’t need to. But animals, lacking the wondrous power of photosynthesis, do. They trot, slither, flap. They seek out plants and they eat them. - They most certainly do not photosynthesize, the animal playbook would seem to dictate. That’s …
But one small sea slug does not care for such rules, thank you very much.
- The photosynthetic sea slug, which lives off the U.S. East Coast, is becoming almost too rare t…
Elysia chlorotica | Photosynthetic, Chloroplasts, Mollusk | Britannica
Elysia chlorotica, species of sea slug belonging to the family Elysiidae (order Sacoglossa) and known for its ability to photosynthesize food. It was among the first members of the animal …
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A draft genome assembly of the solar-powered sea slug
2019年2月19日 · Elysia chlorotica, a sacoglossan sea slug found off the East Coast of the United States, is well-known for its ability to sequester chloroplasts from its algal prey and survive...
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Sea slugs in the order Sacoglossa usually feed on algal cytoplasm and some retain the chloroplasts of the food algae in their digestive gland cells as functionally photosynthetic …
