Aposymbiotic Specimen of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia crispata
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DOI: 10.3390/d14050313
Abstract: Elysia crispata is a sacoglossan sea slug that retains intracellular, functional chloroplasts stolen from their macroalgal food sources. Elysia crispata juveniles start feeding on the algae following metamorphosis, engulfing chloroplasts and turning green. In laboratory-reared… read more here.
Keywords: elysia crispata; crispata; sea slug;