Sacoglossan expert Patrick Krug was featured in the Martha's Vineyard Times in an article titled, Celebrity Sea Slugs Prove ...

Sea slugs, such as Elysia chlorotica, are small marine creatures that produce energy from sunlight - just like plants.

It can photosynthesize using the photosynthetic cells from creatures ... “They’re these things! Sea slugs!” We are almost at the car when he approaches another young family, a man, woman ...

However, rather than digesting them entirely, the Costasiella sea slug separates the chloroplasts from the meal and embeds them in its own tissues, making itself a rare photosynthetic animal.