[USA] The sea slug Elysia rufescens fights predators by wielding toxic chemicals that it acquires from eating algae. A team has discovered Continue reading Sea slugs use algae’s bacterial ‘weapons factory’ in three-way symbiotic relationship
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Solar-powered slugs hide wild secrets—But they’re vanishing
[USA] The photosynthetic sea slug, which lives off the U.S. East Coast, is becoming almost too rare to research. Continue reading Solar-powered slugs hide wild secrets—But they’re vanishing
Sea slug found to track seaweed by sniffing its defensive chemicals
[USA] A team of researchers with the Georgia Institute of Technology has found that one species of sea slug (Elysia tuca) uses chemicals produced defensively by one type of seaweed (Halimeda incrassata) to track down the seaweed. Continue reading Sea slug found to track seaweed by sniffing its defensive chemicals
Disgusting 'Green Slurry' Seen In Welsh Beaches Harmless, Say Experts
[Wales] Some people are not new to the idea of marine animals, tiny or huge, washing up on shores because of the effects of climate change and the warming weather.
Neither are some people new to the idea of water pollutants that have been Continue reading Disgusting 'Green Slurry' Seen In Welsh Beaches Harmless, Say Experts
Sea Slug Steals Photosynthesis Genes From Algae
The brilliant emerald green sea slug, Elysia chlorotica, spends months living on sunlight just like plants. It’s been called the photosynthesizing sea slug in the past, but how it manages to do this as well as it does is a complete mystery. In a new study appearing in the Biological Bulletin, researchers reveal Continue reading Sea Slug Steals Photosynthesis Genes From Algae
Pigment profile in the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia viridis
How can sacoglossan sea slugs perform photosynthesis – a process usually associated with plants? Kleptoplasty describes a special type of endosymbiosis where a host organism retain photosynthetic organelles from their algal prey…
Continue reading Pigment profile in the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia viridis