#elysia chlorotica

[briery]

Green sea slug, (Elysia chlorotica). Photo source.

[sesamenom]

a handful of mercreatures

[vivsemporium]

If there's any questions or any information that I have missed, please feel free to comment down below and I'll do my best to respond!

[2t2r]

Cette limace de mer en forme de feuille est un hybride animal végétal

Nouvel article publié sur https://www.2tout2rien.fr/cette-limace-de-mer-en-forme-de-feuille-est-un-hybride-animal-vegetal/

Cette limace de mer en forme de feuille est un hybride animal végétal

[robin-5-technically]

my fav sea creature is prolly sea pigs!

they're like underwater babysitters and they let baby crabs hide under them and they're really cute i love them

🐌

I am quite fond of leaf slugs.

[notebook-enthusiast]

I need to rant to someone about the taxonomy of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs

[aquilathefighter]

@galacticstingray LOOK!!!!!!! THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT HAS CHLOROPLASTS!!!!!!

Elysia chlorotica, a sea slug that behaves like a leaf

[herpsandbirds]

my life has only known joy since i learned of elysia chlorotica

E X Q U I S I T E

Eastern Emerald Elysia (Elysia chlorotica), family Plakobranchidae, found along the East Coast of the United States

This creature engages in kleptoplasty, taking the chloroplasts from the algae that it eats, and using the chloroplasts for the waste products they create though photosynthesis. Its kind of a... solar powered sea slug!

These sea slugs are not nudibranch, but are in a different order of gastropods.

image via: Views of Elysia chlorotica from Martha’s Vineyard. Figure 15 of Krug et al., 2016, Zootaxa 4148:1

image via: Karen N. Pelletreau et al.   http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0097477

[natureisthegreatestartist]

Are these leaves or something else? Is you said "something else," you're right! They are sea slugs called Elysia chlorotica, which use sunlight and CO2 , much like plants.

[gaystropod]

~•☆°~ Sculptin Slugs ~°☆•~

☆ Elysia chlorotica

☆ Glaucys marginatus

☆ Goniobranchus geminus

☆ Nembrotha kubaryana

[katiajewelbox]

Meet the real life “Bulbasaur”! That Pokemon is famous for being a dinosuar-like animal with a flowering green plant that grows on its back and provides energy. It sounds like pure fantasy, but there is actually an animal that has a similar lifestyle...

“There are several species of sea slugs that have evolved to look like leaves. One example is the Elysia chlorotica, also known as the eastern emerald elysia or the "solar-powered sea slug". This species of sea slug is found along the east coast of North America and is known for its bright green color and leaf-like appearance, which allows it to blend in with the surrounding seaweed. In addition to its leaf-like appearance, the Elysia chlorotica has the unique ability to steal genes from the algae it consumes, allowing it to photosynthesize and use solar energy to survive. This makes it one of the few animals on Earth that is capable of harnessing the power of the sun to meet its energy needs - it can go without eating for 9 months because it can photosynthesize just like a plant while basking in the sun!”

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[chronically-enthusiastic]

ELI!!! Do you want to hear this wonderful biology fact that I just found out? There are snails that live in the sea are also plants!! It’s the Elysia chlorotica and they have chloroplasts in parts of their body! They’re so cute as well!

SHSKSKKAKSKSKSKS WOW THEYRE ADORABLE!!!!!! I MUST DO MORE RESEARCH ON THESE!!!!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH ME!!!

[pillowspace]

Trick or treat :3

Treat! You get an Elysia chlorotica!

[cosmicplanarian]

100 Days of Sea Creatures Day 56 - Eastern Emerald Elysia (Elysia chlorotica)

[askallianything]

What does and doesn't classify as an anamalous animal can be so weird sometimes!

for example, a creature that you can cut in half over and over and over again and it will just keep regrowing its lost half while the cut half becomes its own creature. Sounds like an anomaly, right? Wrong. those things are called worms.

How about a creature that can consume the chloroplasts from plants to temporarily give itself the ability to photosynthesize? Also not an anomaly. It's the elysia chlorotica sea slug.

Animals are crazy weird... it's one of the things that makes them so fun to study!

[marikedrawinge]

Elysia chlorotica 2023