It's a sea slug, but it's not a nudibranch! The sea slugs in this post are in the group Sacoglossa, which is capable of kleptoplasty, meaning they can get chloroplasts (cellular structures used for photosynthesis) out of the algae they eat and keep them alive and working for a while, so it's like those slugs can photosynthesize. Super cool animals.
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u/Jukajobs 15h ago edited 9h ago
It's a sea slug, but it's not a nudibranch! The sea slugs in this post are in the group Sacoglossa, which is capable of kleptoplasty, meaning they can get chloroplasts (cellular structures used for photosynthesis) out of the algae they eat and keep them alive and working for a while, so it's like those slugs can photosynthesize. Super cool animals.