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Plakobranchus ocellatus



a sap sucking sea slug...


Hong Wen Low (2011)




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CIMINO, G. & GHISELIN, M. T. (1998) Chemical defense and evolution in the Sacoglossa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia). Chemoecology, vol. 8, pp. 51-60.

 

DUNLAP, M. F. S. (19750) Symbiosis between algal chloroplasts and the mollusc Plakobranchus ocellatus van Hasselt (Saocglossa: Opisthobranchia). Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology, University of Hawaii.

 

EOL. (2011) Placobranchus ocellatus [Online]. Encyclopedia of Life. Available: http://eol.org/pages/2942031/overview [Accessed 20 October 2011].

 

EVERSTEN, J., BURGHARDT, I., G, J. & WAGELE, H. (2007) Retention of functional chloroplasts in some sacoglossans from the Indo-Pacific and Mediterranean. Marine Biology, vol. 151, pp. 2159-2166.

 

HIROSE, E. (2005) Digestive System of the Sacoglossa Plakobranchus ocellatus (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia): Light- and Electron-Microscopic Observations with Remarks on Chloroplast Retention. Zoological Science, vol. 22, pp. 905-916.

 

JENSEN, K. R. (1997) Evolution of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) and the ecological associations with their food plants. Evolutionary Ecology, vol. 11, pp. 301-335.

 

JENSEN, K. R. (2007) Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Bonner zoologische Beitrage, vol. 55, pp. 255-281.

 

MAEDA, T., KAJITA, T., MARUYAMA, T. & HIRANO, Y. (2010) Molecular Phylogeny of the Sacoglossa, With a Discussion of Gain and Loss of Kleptoplasty in the Evolution of the Group. Biological Bulletin, vol. 219, pp. 17-26.

 

MAPSOF.NET. (2011) Google maps [Online]. mapsof.net. Available: http://mapsof.net/ [Accessed 20 October 2011].

 

MARSHALL, J. G. (1999) Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef: a survey of the Opisthobranchia (sea slugs) of Heron and Wistari Reefs, Queensland, Leiden: Backhuys, 1999.

 

PITTMAN, C. (2011) Preliminary Community Profile for Hekili Point, Maui [Online]. Hawaii. Available: http://seaslugsofhawaii.com/general/Hekili-article.html [Accessed 20 October 2011].

 

PITTMAN, C. & FIENE, P. (2011) Plakobranchus ocellatus van Hasselt, 1824 [Online]. Hawaii: Sea Slugs of Hawaii. Available: http://seaslugsofhawaii.com/species/Plakobranchus-ocellatus-a.html [Accessed 20 October 2011].

 

RUDMAN, W. B. (2011) Plakobranchus ocellatus van Hasselt, 1824 [Online]. Sydney: Sea Slug Forum, Australian Museum. Available: http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/placocel [Accessed 20 October 2011].

 

WAGELE, H., DEUSCH, O., HANDELER, K., MARTIN, R., SCHMITT, V., CHRISTA, G., PINZGER, B., GOULD, S. B., DAGAN, T., KLUSSMANN-KOLB, A. & MARTIN, W. (2011) Transcriptomic Evidence That Longevity of Acquired Plastids in the Photosynthesis Slugs Elysia timida and Plakobranchus ocellatus Does Not Entail Lateral Transfer of Algal Nuclear Genes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 28, pp. 699-706.

 

WAGELE, H. & JOHNSEN, G. (2001) Observations on the histology and photosynthetic performance of "solar-powered" opisthobranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) containing symbiotic chloroplasts or zooxanthellae. Organisms Diversity and Evolution, vol. 1, pp. 193-210.

 

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