Sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2022 Heterobranch sea slugs (Gastropoda) present reduction, internalization, or absence of shell, and include more than 6,000 described species. Approximately 250 species are recorded from Brazil but only 14 had been previously recorded from Rio Grande do ...
Marlon Delgado +6 more
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Chemical defenses in Sacoglossan Opisthobranchs: Taxonomic trends and evolutionary implications
Scientia Marina, 2004 Sacoglossan sea slugs (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) are one of the few groups of specialist herbivores in the marine environment. Sacoglossans feed suctorially on the cell sap of macroalgae, from which they "steal" chloroplasts (kleptoplasty) and deterrent
Arnaldo Marín, Joandomènec Ros
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Shallow water sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from the northwestern coast of the Sea of Japan, north of Peter the Great Bay, Russia [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 The coast of northern Primorye region, north of Peter the Great Bay has been sparsely studied in regards to its molluscan fauna, with just a few works reviewing the distribution of local mollusks.
Anton Chichvarkhin
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Inventarisasi Berilustrasi Siput Laut (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) Di Selat Sempu, Indonesia
Biotropika: Journal of Tropical Biology, 2021 Kawasan Indo-Pasifik merupakan pusat keanekaragaman siput laut Heterobranchia yang paling tinggi. Meski demikian, detail dari persebaran spesies dari kelompok hewan ini masih belum banyak diketahui.
Anthon Andrimida
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Shallow water heterobranch sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from the Región de Atacama, northern Chile [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 The coast of northern Chile has been sparsely studied in regards to its invertebrate fauna, with just a few works reviewing the distribution of local mollusks.
Juan Francisco Araya, Ángel Valdés
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Functional chloroplasts in metazoan cells - a unique evolutionary strategy in animal life
Frontiers in Zoology, 2009 Background Among metazoans, retention of functional diet-derived chloroplasts (kleptoplasty) is known only from the sea slug taxon Sacoglossa (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia). Intracellular maintenance of plastids in the slug's digestive epithelium has long
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Symbiosis with photoautotrophic organisms has evolved in various species and even whole animal lineages, which allowed them to directly benefit from photosynthesis.
Marcellina Rola +10 more
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Crustaceans and Marine Heterobranchia: A New Symbiotic Relationship in the Mediterranean Sea
Diversity, 2021 The “solar-powered” Elysia timida (Risso, 1818) is an endemic Mediterranean sacoglossan living in rocky substrates at shallow water. During a scuba dive, one E. timida was photographed and collected.
Giulia Furfaro +2 more
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Sacoglosos (Opisthobranchia: Sacoglossa) del estado Nueva Esparta y Los Frailes, Venezuela
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2016 Se presenta una lista sistemática de 7 especies de gasterópodos sacoglosos recolectadas desde marzo de 2013 hasta enero de 2014 en el estado Nueva Esparta y Los Frailes.
Makcim de Sisto +5 more
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Photoprotective Non-photochemical Quenching Does Not Prevent Kleptoplasts From Net Photoinactivation
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018 The enigmatic association of photosynthetically active chloroplasts from algae and some sacoglossan sea slugs, called functional kleptoplasty, is a functional unique system of photosymbioses observed in metazoans.
Gregor Christa +11 more
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