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A, Adult E. chlorotica feeding on its algal prey, the coenocytic heterokont V. litorea. Bar = 5 mm. B, Confocal micrograph showing the red autofluorescent plastids densely packed within the digestive diverticula of E. chlorotica. Once established, these plastids remain photosynthetically active within the adult for several months. Bar = 50 μm.
