Costasiella kuroshimae

Costasiella kuroshimae
Wakatobi National Park, 2015
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Costasiellidae
Genus: Costasiella
Species:
C. kuroshimae
Binomial name
Costasiella kuroshimae
Ichikawa, 1993

Costasiella kuroshimae (also known as a leaf slug, sea sheep, or leaf sheep) is a species of sacoglossan sea slug. Costasiella kuroshimae are shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Costasiellidae. Despite being animals, they indirectly perform photosynthesis, via kleptoplasty.

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