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Elysia chlorotica

Mollusks

Elysia chlorotica is a small-to-medium-sized species of green sea slug, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc. Though it superficially resembles a nudibranch, it does not belong to that clade, instead belonging to the sap-sucking sea slug clade Sacoglossa; it lives in a subcellular endosymbiotic relationship with chloroplasts taken from the marine alga Vaucheria litorea, a phenomenon called kleptoplasty that gives it the nickname the solar-powered sea slug.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Relationship to People
Ecotourism and Research 3
Scientific Name
Elysia chlorotica 4
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 5
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Gastropoda, Taxa
Source Elysia chlorotica (Wikidata)

In Biome

Marine, Biomes
Source Wikipedia: Elysia chlorotica
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Canada

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

North America

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

United States

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Sources
1. Elysia chlorotica (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikipedia 'Elysia chlorotica': one species of such 'solar-powered sea slugs', living in endosymbiotic relationship with chloroplasts
  • Wikidata Q133568 (P1034 main food source): Vaucheria litorea
    Main food source (Wikidata property P1034): Vaucheria litorea.
  • Child Taxon Of: Gastropoda, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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2. Wikipedia: Elysia chlorotica
  • system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
    Elysia chlorotica (common name the eastern emerald elysia) is a small-to-medium-sized species of green sea slug, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc.
  • In Biome: Marine, Lead section
    Elysia chlorotica (common name the eastern emerald elysia) is a small-to-medium-sized species of green sea slug, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc.
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3. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Elysia chlorotica (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Conservation Status: CITES
    CITES No special status
  • Economic Importance for Humans: Positive
    Although Elysia chlorotica does not directly benefit humans, members of the scientific community are very interested in this sea slug.
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4. Wikipedia: Elysia chlorotica
WikipediaWikidata Q133568 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
5. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Elysia chlorotica
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 5192082, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 5192082, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: Elysia chlorotica
Wikidata Q133568, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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