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On being the right size as an animal with plastids [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Plastids typically reside in plant or algal cells—with one notable exception. There is one group of multicellular animals, sea slugs in the order Sacoglossa, members of which feed on siphonaceous algae.
Gould, D.B. (Douglas )   +4 more
core   +1 more source

New Contributions to the Euthyneura Biodiversity of Colombia’s Pacific and Caribbean Coasts

open access: yesDiversity
The infraclass Euthyneura (Mollusca, Heterobranchia) exhibits significant diversity in morphology, size, life habits, and color. Several species are important for research in evolution, ecology, chemistry, and pharmacology.
Diana V. Gallego-Sánchez   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

First Survey of Heterobranch Sea Slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Island Sangihe, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

open access: yesDiversity, 2019
Indonesia is famous for its underwater biodiversity, which attracts many tourists, especially divers. This is also true for Sangihe Islands Regency, an area composed of several islands in the northern part of North Sulawesi.
Nani Undap   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pigment and Fatty Acid Heterogeneity in the Sea Slug Elysia crispata Is Not Shaped by Habitat Depth

open access: yesAnimals, 2021
Long-term retention of functional chloroplasts in animal cells occurs only in sacoglossan sea slugs. Analysis of molecules related to the maintenance of these organelles can provide valuable information on this trait (kleptoplasty).
Xochitl Guadalupe Vital   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The snails' tale in deep-sea habitats in the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Bridging the Atlantic and Mediterranean continental margins, the South Iberian region has recently been the focus for geological and biological investigations.
Cunha, Maria Marina Pais Ribeiro da   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

A First Approach to the Marine Heterobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Fauna of Marettimo, Egadi Islands, MPA (Western Sicily, Mediterranean Sea)

open access: yesCoasts
For almost all the Sicilian islands, there are no faunistic data concerning marine Heterobranchia, which is one of the most sought-after groups of marine critters by photographers and diving enthusiasts all over the world. With the present study, carried
Andrea Lombardo, Giuliana Marletta
doaj   +1 more source

Mediterranean Matters: Revision of the Family Onchidorididae (Mollusca, Nudibranchia) with the Description of a New Genus and a New Species

open access: yesDiversity, 2022
The Mediterranean Sea hosts a great Nudibranchia diversity and has proved to be particularly intriguing in the case of the family Onchidorididae, a group of dorid nudibranchs that lately increased its diversity with the addition of one recently described
Giulia Furfaro   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Caenogastropods and heterobranch gastropods from the Hettangian deposits of Luxembourg: palaeobiogeography and Early Jurassic faunal recovery in the western Tethys

open access: yesPapers in Palaeontology, Volume 12, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
Abstract We describe the Hettangian Caenogastropoda and Heterobranchia of the Luxembourg Sandstone Formation, a wedge of clastic sediments deposited along the eastern margin of Paris Basin during the Early Jurassic. Five new genera and 11 new species are erected: Bourguetia bipartita sp. nov., Globularia delsatei sp. nov., Oonia feidtorum sp.
Stefano Monari   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multiple Trophic Levels in Soft-Bottom Communities

open access: yes, 1985
In order to assess the general applicability of recent field experiments with predatory infauna, we searched the literature and found 48 well-documented cases of infaunal consumption by such predators.
Ambrose, William G., Jr.   +1 more
core   +1 more source

How the mollusc got its scales: convergent evolution of the molluscan scleritome [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Radiation of dramatically disparate forms among the phylum Mollusca remains a key question in metazoan evolution, and requires careful evaluation of homology of hard parts throughout the deep fossil record. Enigmatic early Cambrian taxa such as Halkieria
Chen, Chong   +4 more
core   +1 more source

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