Elysia chlorotica

Translingual

Elysia chlorotica, the green hue being derived from algal chloroplasts in its diet

Proper noun

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.

Hypernyms

• (species): Sacoglossa - order; Plakobranchoidea - superfamily; Plakobranchidae - family; Elysia - genus

References

• Elysia chlorotica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Elysia chlorotica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Elysia chlorotica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Elysia chlorotica at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Elysia chlorotica at the Catalogue of Life 
• Elysia chlorotica at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Elysia_chlorotica at Animal Diversity Web
• Elysia chlorotica at World Register of Marine Species
• List of sequenced animal genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia