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                Placida dendritica                                                      

                               Sea Slug 

                    

                        

 

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Alder, J. and Hancock, A. 1845. A monograph of the British nudibranchiate mollusca with Figures of all the Species. Ray Society, London

Baba, K. 1986. Anatomical information on Placida sp. = Hermaea dendritica of Baba, 1937 and 1955, from Japan. Shells and Sea Life. 18: 21-22

Bleakney, J.S. 1989. Morphological variation in the radula of Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843) (Opisthobranchia: Ascoglossa/Sacoglossa) from Atlantic and Pacific populations. Veliger. 32: 171-181.

Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.P., Fryda, J., Hausdorf, B., Ponder, W., Valdés, Á. and Warén, A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology. 47: 1-397

Clark, K.B. 1975. Nudibranch life cycles in the Northwest Atlantic and their relationship to the ecology of fouling communities. Helgolander wiss Meereesunters. 27: 28-69

Clark, K.B. 1994. Ascoglossan (=Sacoglossa) molluscs in the Florida Keys: rare marine invertebrates at special risk. Bulletin of Marine Science. 54: 900-916

Evertsen, J. and Johnsen, G. 2009. In vivo and in vitro differences inchloroplast functionality in the two north Atlantic sacoglossans (Gastropoda,Opisthobranchia) Placida dendritica and Elysia viridis. Marine Biology. 156: 847-859

Gascoigne, T. 1974. A note on some sacoglossan penial styles (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 55: 53-59

Gascoigne, T. 1979.  Observations on the anatomy of Hermaea variopicta (Opisthobranchia: Ascoglossa). Journal of Zoology. 187: 223-233

Gosliner, T. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa. A guide to Opisthobranch molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey

Handeler, K. and Wagelei, H. 2007. Preliminary study on molecularphylogeny of Sacoglossa and a compilation of their food organisms. Bonner zoologische Beiträge. 55: 231-254

Jensen, K.R. 1993. Morphological adaptations and plasticity of radular teeth of the Sacoglossa ( = Ascoglossa) (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) in relationto their food plants. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 48: 135-155

Jensen, K.R. 1996. Phylogenetic Systematics and Classification of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia). Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences. 351: 91-122

Kocot, K.M., Cannon, J.T., Todt, C., Citarella, M.R., Kohn, A.B., Meyer, A., Santos, S.R., Schander, C., Moroz, L.L., Lieb, B. and Halanych, K.M. 2011. Phylogenomics reveals deep molluscan relationships. Nature. 477: 452-6.

Maeda, T., Kajita, T., Maruyama, T. and Hirano, Y. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of the Sacoglossa, with a discussion of gain and loss of Kleptoplasty in the evolutionof the group. The Biological Bulletin. 219: 17-26

Marin, A. and Ros, J. 2004. Chemical defenses in Sacoglossan Opisthobranchs: Taxonomic trends and evolutive implications. Scientia Marina. 68: 227-241

Marzo, V. D., Marin, A., Vardaro, L., Petrocellis L. D., Villani, G. and Climino G. 1993. Histological and biochemical bases of defense mechanismsin four species of Polybranchioidea ascoglossan molluscs. Marine Biology. 117:367-380

Ruppert, E.E., Fox, R.S. and Barnes, R.D. 2004. Invertebrate zoology: a functionalevolutionary approach. (7th Ed). Belmont, CA, USA: Brooks/Cole

Schmitt, V., Anthes, N. and Michiels, N.K. 2007. Mating behaviour in the sea slug Elysia timida (Opisthobranchia, Sacoglossa): hypodermic injection, sperm transfer and balanced reciprocity. Frontiers in Zoology. 4. Available online: http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/pdf/1742-9994-4-17.pdf

Thompson, T.E. 1976. Biology of Opisthobranch Molluscs, Vol. 1. Ray Society, London

Thompson, T.E. 1988. Molluscs: Benthic Opisthobranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Synopses of the British fauna (NS). 8:1-356

Trowbridge, C. D. 1989. Marine herbivore-plant interactions: the feeding ecology of the sea slug Placida dendritica. Dissertation. Oregon State University, Oregon

Trowbridge, C.D. 1991. Group membership facilitates feeding of the herbivorous sea slug Placida dendritica. Ecology. 72: 2193-2203

Trowbridge, C.D. 1997. Dietry induction of Opisthobranch morphology: Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843) on different green algal hosts. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 63: 29-38

Trowbridge, C.D., Hirano, Y. M. and Hirano, Y.J. 2009. Interaction webs of marine specialist herbivores on Japanese shores. Journal of the MarineBiological Association of the United Kingdom. 89: 277–286

Waegele, H. and Klussmann-Kolb, A. 2005. Opisthobranchia (Mollusca, Gastropoda) - more than just slimy slugs. Shell reduction and its implications on defence and foraging. Frontiers in Zoology. 2:1-18

Wilson, N.G., Rouse, G.W. and Giribet, G. 2010. Assessing the molluscan hypothesis Serialia (Monoplacophora + Polyplacophora) using novel molecular data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 54: 187–193


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