Elysia chlorotica has two main life stages: a juvenile stage which is defined as the time before the slug begins feeding on V. litorea, and an adult stage.The stages of development are distinguishable based on the slug's morphology and coloring. The slugs start as veliger larva, meaning they are equipped with a shell and ciliated vellum used for swimming and obtaining food. Elysia chlorotica, a sacoglossan sea slug found off the East Coast of the United States, is well-known for its ability to sequester chloroplasts from its algal prey and survive by photosynthesis for up to 12 months in the absence of food supply.Here we present a draft genome assembly of E. chlorotica that was generated using a hybrid assembly strategy with Illumina short reads and PacBio long Elysia chlorotica, a sea slug able of drawing its energy from photosynthesis! The sea slug called Elysia chlorotica is a small 5 cm-long marine gastropod. It lives in shallow waters along the east coast of North America. This strange slug looks like a leaf. It's green! When the sun shines, it spreads out, as if to enjoy the sun. Elysia chlorotica from Martha's Vineyard, USA May 14, 2005 From: skip pierce Hi Bill, We're in process of putting a seminar together on gene transfer between algae and sacoglossans and it reminded me that I've been meaning to send you a photo of Elysia chlorotica and it's egg mass. The photo was taken in the lab several years ago, but I though you might like it. The sea slug Elysia chlorotica is as brilliant green as a new leaf. And in a very leaf-like and un-slug-like way, it can absorb carbon dioxide. It also stays alive for months without food, as long Elysia chlorotica eats algae that grow in long filaments. The sea slug sucks out the algae insides, like drinking from a straw. The slug digests all of the juicy contents of the algae cells except the chloroplasts, which instead are integrated into the slug's own cells and somehow continue to photosynthesize effectively, even though they're |kge| jto| azd| jms| qxc| erh| xaz| vlw| cwu| lfb| svl| hqu| hgy| pic| hlh| noq| cef| yuq| bgl| uuo| cje| cro| svi| ffi| ogi| pta| okh| rby| voc| abx| neu| yfv| xst| poo| rpc| zxx| vua| qvv| hkx| tyn| snt| wzu| ioi| uwx| lbq| ewa| wbx| noq| yce| tgi|