photosynthesizing slug

Jan 29, 2010 12:43

I'm not sure if this was on here before, but I couldn't find it in the tags:



"Elysia chlorotica is a lurid green sea slug, with a gelatinous leaf-shaped body, that lives along the Atlantic seaboard of the US. What sets it apart from most other sea slugs is its ability to run on solar power."

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16124-solarpowered-sea-slug-harnesses-stolen-plant-genes-.html

http://evolutionarynovelty.blogspot.com/2008/11/evolutionary-novelty-photosynthetic.html

symbiosis, sea slug, sea, sea life

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