Elysia chlorotica

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Elysia chlorotica f

  1. A taxonomic species within the family Plakobranchidae eastern emerald elysia, a sea slug, capable of photosynthesis using chloroplasts from a species of alga (Vaucheria litorea) that it feeds on.

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