Solar-powered sea slugs. Mollusc/algal chloroplast symbiosis.
Solar-powered “leaves that crawl”? This description of photosynthetic sea slugs (adapted from Bill Rudman [[www.austmus.gov.au/seaslugs/solarpow.htm][1]] and Robert Trench [1975]) aptly describes the symbiotic association that occurs between certain molluscan sea slugs and algal chloroplasts.