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Identification of scavenger receptors and thrombospondin‐type‐1 repeat proteins potentially relevant for plastid recognition in Sacoglossa [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Functional kleptoplasty is a photosymbiotic relationship, in which photosynthetically active chloroplasts serve as an intracellular symbiont for a heterotrophic host.
Alexander Donath, Silja Frankenbach, Catia Fidalgo   +2 more
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Aposymbiotic Specimen of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia crispata [PDF]

Diversity, 2022
Elysia crispata is a sacoglossan sea slug that retains intracellular, functional chloroplasts stolen from their macroalgal food sources. Elysia crispata juveniles start feeding on the algae following metamorphosis, engulfing chloroplasts and turning ...
Paulo Cartaxana, Diana Lopes, Begoña Martinez, Patrícia Martins, Sónia Cruz   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Sea Slug Mucus Production Is Supported by Photosynthesis of Stolen Chloroplasts [PDF]

Biology, 2022
A handful of sea slugs of the order Sacoglossa are able to steal chloroplasts—kleptoplasts—from their algal food sources and maintain them functionally for periods ranging from several weeks to a few months.
Diana Lopes, Sónia Cruz, Patrícia Martins, Sónia Ferreira, Cláudia Nunes, Pedro Domingues, Paulo Cartaxana   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Outstanding issues in the study of antipredator defenses. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2023
Although the main forms of antipredator defenses in animals are well defined, there are still many examples of overlapping mechanisms and others that do not fall neatly into pre‐existing categories. In our review, we systematically discuss these problems and suggest ways of improving underlying terminological and definitional problems.
Huang Y, Caro T.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Food shaped photosynthesis: Photophysiology of the sea slug Elysia viridis fed with two alternative chloroplast donors [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]

Open Research Europe, 2023
Background Some Sacoglossa sea slugs steal and integrate chloroplasts derived from the algae they feed on into their cells where they continue to function photosynthetically, a process termed kleptoplasty.
Luca Morelli, Sónia Cruz, Paulo Cartaxana   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Terpenoids in Marine Heterobranch Molluscs [PDF]

Marine Drugs, 2020
Heterobranch molluscs are rich in natural products. As other marine organisms, these gastropods are still quite unexplored, but they provide a stunning arsenal of compounds with interesting activities.
Conxita Avila
doaj   +2 more sources

Prey species and abundance affect growth and photosynthetic performance of the polyphagous sea slug Elysia crispata [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2023
Some sacoglossan sea slugs steal functional macroalgal chloroplasts (kleptoplasts). In this study, we investigated the effects of algal prey species and abundance on the growth and photosynthetic capacity of the tropical polyphagous sea slug Elysia ...
Paulo Cartaxana, Luca Morelli, Elena Cassin, Vesa Havurinne, Miguel Cabral, Sónia Cruz   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Chromosome-level genome assembly of the sacoglossan sea slug Elysia timida (Risso, 1818) [PDF]

BMC Genomics
Background Sequencing and annotating genomes of non-model organisms helps to understand genome architecture, the genetic processes underlying species traits, and how these genes have evolved in closely-related taxa, among many other biological processes.
Lisa Männer, Tilman Schell, Julia Spies, Carles Galià-Camps, Damian Baranski, Alexander Ben Hamadou, Charlotte Gerheim, Kornelia Neveling, Eric J. N. Helfrich, Carola Greve   +9 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Laboratory Rearing of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia crispata (Gastropoda, Sacoglossa): Implications for the Study of Kleptoplasty and Species Conservation [PDF]

Biology
Some Sacoglossa sea slugs are capable of stealing and maintaining functional intracellular chloroplasts—kleptoplasts—from their macroalgal prey for periods of up to several months, a process known as kleptoplasty. Although the cultivation of these marine
Paulo Cartaxana, Diana Lopes, Vesa Havurinne, Maria I. Silva, Ricardo Calado, Sónia Cruz   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Microbiome characterization of the sea slugs Elysia viridis and Placida dendritica: insights into potential roles in kleptoplasty [PDF]

BMC Microbiology
Background Kleptoplasty is the process by which functional chloroplasts from algae food sources are sequestered and retained by a host organism. Some sacoglossan sea slugs display this ability, enabling them to survive extended periods of food shortage ...
Patrícia Martins, Paulo Cartaxana, Sónia Cruz   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources