breathinginbiology: The Sea Sheep (Costasiella kuroshimae) is…

breathinginbiology:

The Sea Sheep (Costasiella kuroshimae) is a sea slug native to the Philippines and a few Japanese islands. This slug conducts kleptoplasty where it will steal chloroplasts from photosynthetic algae and use it to photosynthesize sugars for itself. 

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