Packaging and delivery of chemical weapons: a defensive trojan horse stratagem in chromodorid nudibranchs. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 BackgroundStorage of secondary metabolites with a putative defensive role occurs in the so-called mantle dermal formations (MDFs) that are located in the more exposed parts of the body of most and very likely all members of an entire family of marine ...
Marianna Carbone +11 more
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Variation and Diagnostic Power of the Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 in Mediterranean and Atlantic Eolid Nudibranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda) [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Mediterranean marine biodiversity is still underestimated especially for groups such as nudibranchs. The identification of nudibranchs taxa is challenging because few morphological characters are available and among them chromatic patterns often do not ...
Matteo Garzia +3 more
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New records of nudibranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Bahia state, northeastern Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2013 Although around 3,000 species of nudibranchs are known worldwide, only nearly 100 species are reported from Brazil. From Bahia State, northeastern Brazil, only seven species are listed.
Licia Sales +4 more
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Molecules, 2002 Nudibranchs are shell-less molluscs that are often brightly colored and seemingly defenseless against predation. However, these beautiful animals usually contain large amounts of diet-derived natural products that help defend them against predation.
Paul J. Scheuer, Peter Karuso
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Oxygenated Terpenes from the Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and
Natural Product Communications, 2018 Three new terpenes each with a highly oxygenated or rearranged spongian framework were characterized from organic extracts of the nudibranchs G. splendidus and G. collingwoodi collected from Eastern Australia.
Louise C. Forster +3 more
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Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: a molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Chromodorid nudibranchs (16 genera, 300+ species) are beautiful, brightly colored sea slugs found primarily in tropical coral reef habitats and subtropical coastal waters.
Rebecca Fay Johnson, Terrence M Gosliner
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New Records of Four Doridoidean Nudibranchs from Korea [PDF]
Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity, 2013 Specimens of nudibranchs have been surveyed by scuba diving from 9 localities along the Korean coast. By examination of morphological characteristics, four species in the superfamily Doridoidea which are new to Korea were identified, and re-described ...
Daewui Jung, Jongrak Lee, Chang-Bae Kim
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Cratenin, a Rare Oxylipin Marking Kleptopredation in Aeolid Nudibranchs. [PDF]
J Nat ProdMarine mollusks of the order Nudibranchia produce a wide array of secondary metabolites that play key roles in predator-prey interactions and often exhibit remarkable bioactivity.
Quaini G +9 more
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The natural product biosynthetic potential of Red Sea nudibranch microbiomes [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Background Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem that can be ameliorated by the discovery of novel drug candidates. Bacterial associates are often the source of pharmaceutically active natural products isolated from marine invertebrates, and thus ...
Samar M. Abdelrahman +7 more
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Social Predation by a Nudibranch Mollusc. [PDF]
Integr Org BiolAbstract Social predation is a common strategy used by predators to subdue and consume prey. Animals that use this strategy have many ways of finding each other, organizing behaviors and consuming prey. There is wide variation in the extent to which these behaviors are coordinated and the stability of individual roles.
Otter K, Gamidova S, Katz PS.
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