Elysia chlorotica
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Introduction
Elysia chlorotica is a type of sea slug that can do photosynthesis.
Morphology
Elysia chlorotica is a small sized species of sea slug. The adult individual are around 3~5 centimeters long.
Kleptoplasty
Kleptoplasty is a special symbiosis behavior that the chloroplast uptake by algal prey can remain temporarily function in the organism, which allows an animal doing photosynthesis like plants. A typical species in the clade Sacoglass
