Elysia chlorotica
Green Sea Slug
A leaf-shaped sea slug that steals chloroplasts from algae, using sunlight to make energy like a plant.
Biomes This Species Lives In
Follow this species across the habitats where it currently appears in the miniBIOTA biosphere.
Green Sea Slug Eggs Begin to Hatch
Marine Food Web Inventory Shows High Diversity
Ecological Web
Documented food-web, habitat, competition, nutrient, behavior, and risk relationships for this species.
Relationship Layer
Energy Flow
Green Sea Slug
Algae and biofilm grazer
Grazes
General Ecology
Historical
Microalgae
algae
Green Sea Slugs are represented as historical algae and microalgae grazers in the Seagrass Meadow.
Ecological event 124 documents Green Sea Slug egg development and hatching; the grazing row is profile-backed and historical.