Aposymbiotic Specimen of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia crispata
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...
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author | Cartaxana, Paulo Lopes, Diana Martinez, Begoña Martins, Patrícia Cruz, Sónia |
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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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spelling | pubmed-91855202022-07-27 Aposymbiotic Specimen of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia crispata Cartaxana, Paulo Lopes, Diana Martinez, Begoña Martins, Patrícia Cruz, Sónia Diversity (Basel) Interesting Images 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. MDPI 2022-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9185520/ /pubmed/35911605 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d14050313 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Interesting Images Cartaxana, Paulo Lopes, Diana Martinez, Begoña Martins, Patrícia Cruz, Sónia Aposymbiotic Specimen of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia crispata |
title | 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_short | Aposymbiotic Specimen of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia crispata |
title_sort | aposymbiotic specimen of the photosynthetic sea slug elysia crispata |
topic | Interesting Images |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9185520/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35911605 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d14050313 |
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