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 ...
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Sea slug (Subclass Heterobranchia) biodiversity is an important element of marine coral reef communities. However, due to their small size and cryptic behavior, few studies have examined their spatiotemporal variation.
Kazuki Nishida
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Antimicrobial, Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of the Mucus of the Tropical Sea Slug Elysia crispata [PDF]
MoleculesElysia crispata (Sacoglossa, Gastropoda) is a tropical sea slug known for its ability to incorporate functional chloroplasts from a variety of green macroalgae, a phenomenon termed kleptoplasty. This sea slug, amenable to laboratory cultivation, produces
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Laboratory Rearing of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia crispata (Gastropoda, Sacoglossa): Implications for the Study of Kleptoplasty and Species Conservation [PDF]
BiologySome 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
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The complete mitochondrial genome of sea slug phyllidia elegans bergh, 1869 (nudibranchia, phyllidiidae) from the South China sea [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022 In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) sequence of sea slug, Phyllidia elegans Bergh, 1869 (Nudibranchia, Phyllidiidae), was sequenced and characterized.
Zhehao Li, Xiaoqi Zeng, Gang Ni
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the photosymbiotic sea slug Berghia stephanieae (Valdés, 2005) (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021 Berghia stephanieae (Nudibranchia, Cladobranchia) is a photosymbiotic sea slug that feeds exclusively on sea anemones from the genus Exaiptasia. It then specifically incorporates dinoflagellates belonging to the Symbiodiniaceae obtained from their prey ...
Jenny Melo Clavijo +10 more
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Kleptoplast photosynthesis is nutritionally relevant in the sea slug Elysia viridis [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 Several sacoglossan sea slug species feed on macroalgae and incorporate chloroplasts into tubular cells of their digestive diverticula. We investigated the role of the “stolen” chloroplasts (kleptoplasts) in the nutrition of the sea slug Elysia viridis ...
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the Oriental sea slug: Chromodoris orientalis (Nudibranchia, Chromodorididae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2018 The mitogenome sequence of sea slug, Chromodoris orientalis (Nudibranchia, Chromodorididae), has been decoded for the first time by coverage genome sequencing method. The overall base composition of C.
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A different world: temporal changes in the community structure of sea slugs (Heterobranchia) in northwest Japan spanning more than a half-century [PDF]
PeerJUnderstanding long-term changes in marine biodiversity is essential for evaluating effects of climate change on coastal ecosystems. In this study, we compared heterobranch sea slug (hereafter referred to simply as ‘sea slugs’) assemblages in northwestern
Riko Kato, Mitsuharu Yagi
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Multiplex Species-Specific PCR Identification of Native Onchidiid Slugs in the South China Sea: A Useful Tool for Application in Onchidiid Slug Stock Management and Germplasm Conservation [PDF]
AnimalsTo address the need for accurate onchidiid slug species identification, the present study engineered a multiplex PCR-based assay to facilitate the efficient, economical, and discrimination of five morphologically similar onchidiid slug species endemic to
Jingyue Huang +11 more
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