What makes Elysia viridis tick? Fitness Consequences of Diet Selection and Kleptoplasty [PDF]
, 2020 Understanding the mechanisms involved in resource use by an organism is pivotal to understanding its ecology. A conspecific population that as a whole demonstrates a generalist pattern of resource use may in fact consist of relatively specialized ...
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Preservation and remodelling of chloroplast lipids in photosynthetic sea slug host cells
Frontiers in Marine ScienceThe capacity to retain long-term functional algal chloroplasts within animal cells is a singular trait of certain Sacoglossa sea slugs. The sequestered chloroplasts (kleptoplasts) confer photosynthetic capacity to the host.
Felisa Rey +9 more
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Cloroplast sequestration by benthic foraminifers in deep-shelf sediments of the High Arctic [PDF]
International audienceWhile foraminiferan protists (single-celled eukaryotes) inhabit a wide variety of habitats and have been doing so for hundreds of millions of years, we still do not fully understand their physiological capabilities.
Schmidt, Christiane +5 more
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Complete mitochondrial genome of Polybranchia orientalis sp. nov. from the South China Sea
Frontiers in Marine ScienceA species of sea slug discovered in the South China Sea was characterized based on its morphology, mitochondrial genome, and phylogenetic position. The slug exhibits brown coloration, resembling seaweed.
Mingguang Mao +11 more
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, 1990 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Clark, Kerry B., Jensen, Kr, Stirts, Hm
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In vivo quantification of kleptoplastic chlorophyll a content in the "solar-powered" sea slug Elysia viridis using optical methods: spectral reflectance analysis and PAM fluorometry [PDF]
, 2010 Kleptoplasty is a particularly remarkable type of symbiosis, consisting of the presence of functional chloroplasts in the tissues of a host of another species.
Serôdio, João +5 more
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Retention of photosynthetic chloroplasts in five sacoglossans (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) from the Houtman Abrolhos Islands [PDF]
, 2006 -Retention abilities of photosynthetic chloroplasts are presented for five sacoglossans from Western Australia. The photosynthetic activity was measured as maximum quantum yield of chlorophyll a fluorescence (<PI I) in Elt/sia sp., Elysia tllOmpsollz,
Jussi Evertsen
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Kleptoplasts photoacclimation state modulates the photobehaviour of the solar-powered sea slug Elysia viridis [PDF]
, 2018 Some sacoglossan sea slugs incorporate intracellular functional algal chloroplasts (kleptoplasty) for periods ranging from a few days to several months. Whether this association modulates the photobehaviour of solar-powered sea slugs is unknown.
Carla Quintaneiro +5 more
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Evolutionary genetics of the family Placobranchidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Sacoglossa) [PDF]
, 2006 Members of the family Placobranchidae have been the focus of numerous studies because of their interesting physiological adaptations (kleptochemistry and kleptoplasty) and ecological associations with marine algae.
Bass, Anna Lee
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Switching off photosynthesis: The dark side of sacoglossan slugs [PDF]
, 2014 Sometimes the elementary experiment can lead to the most surprising result. This was recently the case when we had to learn that so-called "photosynthetic slugs" survive just fine in the dark and with chemically inhibited photosynthesis.
Gould, Sven B +3 more
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