Pleurobranchaea maculata is a carnivorous notaspidean that is common in New Zealand. This species produces small eggs (diameter 100 microm) and planktotrophic veligers that hatch in 8 d and are planktonic for 3 weeks before settling on biofilmed surfaces (14 degrees C).
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Lista actualizada de los opistobranquios (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) de las costas catalanas [PDF]
Se presenta una lista taxonómica de las especies de opistobranquios (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) registradas hasta el presente en aguas litorales o de profundidad de las costas catalanas (NE Península Ibérica).
Ballesteros, Manuel (Ballesteros Vázquez)
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Tetrodotoxins (Ttxs) and vibrio alginolyticus in mussels from central adriatic sea (italy): Are they closely related? [PDF]
Tetrodotoxins (TTXs), potent neurotoxins, have become an increasing concern in Europe in recent decades, especially because of their presence in mollusks.
Accoroni S. +10 more
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Elucidating the Origin of Tetrodotoxin in Pleurobranchaea maculata and Stylochoplana sp. [PDF]
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is an extremely potent neurotoxin that acts by selectively targeting voltage gated sodium channels blocking propagation of action potentials.
Salvitti, Lauren R.
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The coastal marine mollusc fauna of King Island, Tasmania [PDF]
The findings of a week-long survey of coastal marine molluscs around King Island are documented. In total, 408 species were recorded, 78 for the first time. King Island appears to be the only Tasmanian outpost for 44 species.
de Little, R, Grove, SJ
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An annotated and updated checklist of the ophsthobranchs ((Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Spain and Portugal (including islands and archipelagos) [PDF]
The present publication is a new annotated and updated checklist of the opisthobranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Spanish and Portuguese coasts, including their Atlantic archipelagos (Azores, Madeira, Selvagens and Canary Islands).
Ballesteros, Manuel (Ballesteros Vázquez) +7 more
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Distribució en l'espai i en el temps dels opistobranquis ibèrics, amb especial referència als del litoral català [PDF]
Some data on the geographic, bathimetric and annual distribution of the Opisthobranchs inhabiting the Iberian coasts are presented. These data come from a previous fouryear survey (ROS, 1975) and are the basis for publications dealing on the ecology of ...
Ros i Aragonès, Joandomènec
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Salinity, temperature and ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation are common environmental stressors in coastal habitats. These stressors are likely to increase in intensity due to the effects of climate change and can have important impacts on population and ...
Fischer, Jeannine
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Investigating Diet as the Source of Tetrodotoxin in the Grey Side-gilled Sea Slug, Pleurobranchaea maculata [PDF]
Pleurobranchaea maculata (grey-side gilled sea slug) was discovered to contain the neurotoxin tetrodotoxin (TTX) in 2009 after a spate of dog poisoning cases on the beaches of Auckland, New Zealand.
Khor, Serena
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Eight gastropods new for the marine fauna of Madeira [PDF]
The prosobranchs Architectonica nobilis and Smaragdia viridis and the opisthobranchs Arminia maculata, Cyerce cf. graeca, Elysia papillosa, Petalifera petalifera, Pleurobranchaea meckeli and Pleurobranchus testudinarius are recorded from Madeira Island ...
Wirtz, Peter
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