Monday, February 1, 2010

What the Scientists Decided--Green Sea Slug

Elysia chlorotica
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

informal group Opisthobranchia
clade Sacoglossa
subclade Placobranchacea

Superfamily: Placobranchoidea
Family: Placobranchidae
Genus: Elysia
Species: E. chlorotica
Binomial name
Elysia chlorotica
Gould, 1870

Scientists classified the Green Sea Slug as shown above. For more information and a short film of the slug eating...check out the following link:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16124-solarpowered-sea-slug-harnesses-stolen-plant-genes-.html

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