www.myscrappydays.com/news.php?slu... — The Emerald Sea Slug: The Animal That Stole Photosynthesis - 🌿 An animal… or a leaf having an identity crisis?#Emeraldseaslug #Elysiachlorotica #Photosynthesisanimal #Animalsthatphotosynthesize #Weirdanimals #Marinebiology #Kleptoplasty #Naturefacts

SPECIES SPOTLIGHT: Sea Slug!

Some species of sea slugs, like the leaf sheep (Elysia timida), can perform 'kleptoplasty' - a process where they incorporate chloroplasts from the algae they eat into their own bodies. #SeaSlug #MarineLife #OceanWonders #Gastropod #Kleptoplasty

Some sea slugs use sunlight for energy, just like plants Sea slugs, such as Elysia chlorotica, are small marine creatures that produce energy from sunlight - just like plants.

Some sea slugs use sunlight for energy, just like plants: Sea slugs, such as Elysia chlorotica, are small marine creatures that produce energy from sunlight - just like plants.

#Kleptoplasty #SolarPoweredSeaSlug #ElysiaChlorotica #PhotosyntheticAnimals #MarineBiology #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth

Long-term functional kleptoplasty in benthic foraminifera Foraminifera are highly diverse rhizarian protists, with some lineages having developed the ability to retain chloroplasts from algal prey (kleptoplas…

I'm happy to share this new paper describing long-term kleptoplasty in benthic foraminifera.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#foraminifera #symbiosis #kleptoplasty

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Unless you can be a leafy sea sheep, than always be a leafy sea sheep!
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Leaf Sheep is simply a grazer of algae, and sucks on so much of it that it can photosynthesize. By incorporating the chloroplasts of its favorite food into its own body through a process known as kleptoplasty. #science #sciencefacts #leafsheep #leafsheepslug #kleptoplasty #photosynthesis

Leaf Sheep is simply a grazer of algae, and sucks on so much of it that it can photosynthesize. By incorporating the chloroplasts of its favorite food into its own body through a process known as kleptoplasty.

#science #sciencefacts #leafsheep #leafsheepslug #kleptoplasty #photosynthesis

Please share widely! Matt Johnson (WHOI) is recruiting a postdoc to work on our newly #NSFfunded grant exploring the subcellular mechanisms of #kleptoplasty in #Mesodinium. Please join us! #unicornjob🦄 careers-whoi.icims.com/jobs/2305/po...

#WeekendReading: Pinko et al. (from my alma mater department) on the discovery of #kleptoplasty in miliolids - perhaps it is more common in #foraminifera than previously considered.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

How does temperature affect functional #kleptoplasty? Comparing populations of the solar-powered sister-species #Elysia timida and Elysia cornigera || #plastids #algae || now online @BioMedCentral Frontiers in #Zoology...