Elysia chlorotica - Wikipedia
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.
Green Sea Slug Is Part Animal, Part Plant | WIRED
2010年1月11日 · SEATTLE — It’s easy being green for a sea slug that has stolen enough genes to become the first animal shown to make chlorophyll like a plant. Shaped like a leaf itself, the slug Elysia...
This Sea Slug 'Feeds' on Sunlight Using Photosynthesis
2015年2月5日 · After decades of searching, scientists have finally found direct evidence to show that the emerald green sea slug (Elysia chlorotica) takes genes from the algae it eats to perform photosynthetic processes, just like a plant.
Elysia chlorotica | Photosynthetic, Chloroplasts, Mollusk ...
The emerald green sea slug (Elysia chlorotica), for example, acquires genes and chloroplasts from Vaucheria litorea, an alga it consumes, giving it a limited ability to produce chlorophyll. When enough chloroplasts are assimilated, the slug may forgo the ingestion of food.
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. It also stays alive for months without...
Elysia chlorotica - ADW
The adult sea slug is bright green in color due to chloroplast cells that have been sequestered into the complex diverticula of the animal. Adults die shortly after they lay their string of eggs. Researcher Sidney Pierce suggests mass death is due …
Elysia chlorotica, the slug that behave like a leaf
Elysia chlorotica, a sea slug able of drawing its energy from photosynthesis! The sea slug called Elysia chlorotica is a small 5 cm-long marine gastropod. It lives in shallow waters along the east coast of North America. This strange slug looks like a leaf. It’s green!
Solar-powered green sea slug steals ability to ...
2008年12月28日 · This ability is usually limited to plants, algae and bacteria, but one unique animal can do it too – the emerald green sea slug Elysia chlorotica. This remarkable creature steals the genes and...
Surprising Sea Slug Is Half-plant, Half-animal - Live Science
2010年1月12日 · This green slug, which is part animal and part plant, produces its own chlorophyll and so can carry out photosynthesis, turning sunlight into energy, scientists have found.
A Leafy Green Sea Slug - Living on Earth
2011年10月28日 · A Leafy Green Sea Slug. Air Date: Week of October 28, 2011. Elysia_chlorotica, also known as a sea slug. (Photo: Nicolas Curtis and Ray Martinez) The complex makeup of a small green sea slug may eventually help scientists learn more about human DNA and genetic engineering.