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Elysia-chlorotica-body

Image of eastern emerald elysia

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Description: English: Anatomy of the sacoglossan mollusc Elysia chlorotica. Sea slug consuming its obligate algal food Vaucheria litorea. Small, punctate green circles are the plastids located within the extensive digestive diverticula of the animal. Date: 26 February 2015, 22:06:26. Source: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0097477. Author: Karen N. Pelletreau et al.

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