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Cladobranchia (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) as a Promising Model to Understand the Molecular Evolution of Photosymbiosis in Animals

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, Silja Frankenbach, Sabrina Bleidissel, Corinna Sickinger, Alexander Donath, Jörg C. Frommlet, Carola Greve, João Serôdio, Angelika Preisfeld, Jenny Melo Clavijo, Gregor Christa   +10 more
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Kleptoplasty: Getting away with stolen chloroplasts.

PLoS Biology, 2022
Kleptoplasty, the process by which a host organism sequesters and retains algal chloroplasts, is relatively common in protists. The origin of the plastid varies, as do the length of time it is retained in the host and the functionality of the association.
Sónia Cruz, Paulo Cartaxana
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Photographic Checklist, DNA Barcoding, and New Species of Sea Slugs and Snails from the Faafu Atoll, Maldives (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia and Vetigastropoda)

Diversity, 2023
Baseline biodiversity data are key for ecological and evolutionary studies and are especially relevant for areas such as the Maldivian Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, which can act as a stepping-stone for the transport of widely distributed marine ...
T. J. Cunha, Jose Fernández-Simón, Macy Petrula, Gonzalo Giribet, J. Moles   +4 more
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Sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) associated with Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) in southern Gulf of Mexico and Mexican Caribbean Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2023
Cryptic species in coral reefs, such as sea slugs, represent an important portion of their biodiversity, which is usually underestimated. Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) have been implemented to estimate cryptic diversity in coral reefs ...
X. G. Vital, L. A. Palomino-Alvarez, D. Ortigosa, Edlin J. Guerra-Castro, Nuno Simões   +4 more
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Psychedelics sea slugs: Observations on colour ontogeny in two nudibranch species from the genus Nembrotha (Doridina: Polyceridae)

Scientia Marina, 2023
In recent decades, thanks to the use of integrated taxonomy, the traditional recognition of a nudibranch species based on observation and colour pattern variation has become increasingly questioned, mainly due to the presence of cryptic and pseudocryptic
M. Pola, Yara Tibiriçá, J. L. Cervera
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Acquired phototrophy through retention of functional chloroplasts increases growth efficiency of the sea slug Elysia viridis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Photosynthesis is a fundamental process sustaining heterotrophic organisms at all trophic levels. Some mixotrophs can retain functional chloroplasts from food (kleptoplasty), and it is hypothesized that carbon acquired through kleptoplasty may enhance ...
Finn A Baumgartner, Henrik Pavia, Gunilla B Toth   +2 more
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Discovering Memory: Using Sea Slugs to Teach Learning and Memory. [PDF]

J Undergrad Neurosci Educ, 2020
Riegel DC.
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16S rRNA sequencing reveals likely beneficial core microbes within faecal samples of the EU protected slug Geomalacus maculosus [PDF]

, 2018
The EU-protected slug Geomalacus maculosus Allman occurs only in the West of Ireland and in northern Spain and Portugal. We explored the microbial community found within the faeces of Irish specimens with a view to determining whether a core microbiome ...
Gormally, Mike, Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan, Reich, Inga, Smith, Cindy J.   +3 more
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Plastid-bearing sea slugs fix CO2 in the light but do not require photosynthesis to survive. [PDF]

Proc Biol Sci, 2014
Christa G, Zimorski V, Woehle C, Tielens AG, Wägele H, Martin WF, Gould SB.   +6 more
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Comparison of sister species identifies factors underpinning plastid compatibility in green sea slugs. [PDF]

Proc Biol Sci, 2015
de Vries J, Woehle C, Christa G, Wägele H, Tielens AG, Jahns P, Gould SB.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources