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Aposymbiotic Specimen of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia crispata

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Main Author: Cartaxana, Paulo
Publication Date: 2022
Other Authors: Lopes, Diana, Martinez, Begoña, Martins, Patrícia, Cruz, Sónia
Format: Article
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
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Summary: 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 green. In laboratory-reared animals, we report one juvenile "albino" specimen unable to retain chloroplasts. Within 6 weeks post-metamorphosis, the aposymbiotic sea slug was significantly smaller than its chloroplast-bearing siblings. This evidence highlights that chloroplast acquisition is required for the normal development of E. crispata.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Aposymbiotic Specimen of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia crispata
title Aposymbiotic Specimen of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia crispata
spellingShingle Aposymbiotic Specimen of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia crispata
Cartaxana, Paulo
Chloroplast
Kleptoplasty
Photosynthesis
Sacoglossa
title_short Aposymbiotic Specimen of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia crispata
title_full Aposymbiotic Specimen of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia crispata
title_fullStr Aposymbiotic Specimen of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia crispata
title_full_unstemmed Aposymbiotic Specimen of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia crispata
title_sort Aposymbiotic Specimen of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia crispata
author Cartaxana, Paulo
author_facet Cartaxana, Paulo
Lopes, Diana
Martinez, Begoña
Martins, Patrícia
Cruz, Sónia
author_role author
author2 Lopes, Diana
Martinez, Begoña
Martins, Patrícia
Cruz, Sónia
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Cartaxana, Paulo
Lopes, Diana
Martinez, Begoña
Martins, Patrícia
Cruz, Sónia
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Chloroplast
Kleptoplasty
Photosynthesis
Sacoglossa
topic Chloroplast
Kleptoplasty
Photosynthesis
Sacoglossa
description 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 green. In laboratory-reared animals, we report one juvenile "albino" specimen unable to retain chloroplasts. Within 6 weeks post-metamorphosis, the aposymbiotic sea slug was significantly smaller than its chloroplast-bearing siblings. This evidence highlights that chloroplast acquisition is required for the normal development of E. crispata.
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