Functional kleptoplasty in a limapontioidean genus: phylogeny, food preferences and photosynthesis inCostasiella, with a focus onC. ocellifera(Gastropoda: Sacoglossa)

Molecular Phylogeny of the Sacoglossa, With a Discussion of Gain and Loss of Kleptoplasty in the Evolution of the Group

(2016) Taro Maeda et al.   BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN

Regulation of red fluorescent light emission in a cryptic marine fish

(2014) Matthias F Wucherer et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Is ftsH the Key to Plastid Longevity in Sacoglossan Slugs?

(2013) Jan de Vries et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Crawling leaves: photosynthesis in sacoglossan sea slugs

(2013) Sónia Cruz et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Genome Analysis of Elysia chlorotica Egg DNA Provides No Evidence for Horizontal Gene Transfer into the Germ Line of This Kleptoplastic Mollusc

(2013) Debashish Bhattacharya et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Plastid-bearing sea slugs fix CO2 in the light but do not require photosynthesis to survive

(2013) G. Christa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Effects of photosynthesis on the survival and weight retention of two kleptoplastic sacoglossan opisthobranchs

(2012) Shoko Yamamoto et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Morphology, molecular phylogeny and photosynthetic activity of the sacoglossan mollusc, Elysia nigrocapitata, from Korea

(2012) Tatyana A. Klochkova et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Transcriptome Analysis of Foraminiferan Elphidium margaritaceum Questions the Role of Gene Transfer in Kleptoplastidy

(2012) Loïc Pillet et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

What remains after 2 months of starvation? Analysis of sequestered algae in a photosynthetic slug, Plakobranchus ocellatus (Sacoglossa, Opisthobranchia), by barcoding

(2012) Gregor Christa et al.   PLANTA

Algivore or Phototroph? Plakobranchus ocellatus (Gastropoda) Continuously Acquires Kleptoplasts and Nutrition from Multiple Algal Species in Nature

(2012) Taro Maeda et al.   PLoS One

MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Chloroplast symbiosis in a marine ciliate: ecophysiology and the risks and rewards of hosting foreign organelles

(2012) George B. McManus et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Sacoglossa or Acochlidia? 3D reconstruction, molecular phylogeny and evolution of Aitengidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia)

(2011) T. P. Neusser et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLLUSCAN STUDIES

Sea Slug Kleptoplasty and Plastid Maintenance in a Metazoan

(2011) K. N. Pelletreau et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Foraging Behavior under Starvation Conditions Is Altered via Photosynthesis by the Marine Gastropod, Elysia clarki

(2011) Michael L. Middlebrooks et al.   PLoS One

Feeding specificity and photosynthetic activity of Korean sacoglossan mollusks

(2011) Tatyana A. Klochkova et al.   ALGAE

On the origin of Acochlidia and other enigmatic euthyneuran gastropods, with implications for the systematics of Heterobranchia

(2010) Katharina M Jörger et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Transcriptome analysis reveals nuclear-encoded proteins for the maintenance of temporary plastids in the dinoflagellate Dinophysis acuminata

(2010) Jennifer H Wisecaver et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The making of a photosynthetic animal

(2010) M. E. Rumpho et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Transcriptomic Evidence That Longevity of Acquired Plastids in the Photosynthetic Slugs Elysia timida and Plakobranchus ocellatus Does Not Entail Lateral Transfer of Algal Nuclear Genes

(2010) H. Wagele et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Slugs’ last meals: molecular identification of sequestered chloroplasts from different algal origins in Sacoglossa (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda)

(2010) KATHARINA HÄNDELER et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Functional chloroplasts in metazoan cells - a unique evolutionary strategy in animal life

(2009) Katharina Händeler et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

In vivo and in vitro differences in chloroplast functionality in the two north Atlantic sacoglossans (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) Placida dendritica and Elysia viridis

(2009) Jussi Evertsen et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Molecular Characterization of the Calvin Cycle Enzyme Phosphoribulokinase in the Stramenopile Alga Vaucheria litorea and the Plastid Hosting Mollusc Elysia chlorotica

(2009) Mary E. Rumpho et al.   Molecular Plant

The role of kleptoplasts in the survival rates of Elysia timida (Risso, 1818): (Sacoglossa: Opisthobranchia) during periods of food shortage

(2008) F. Giménez Casalduero et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY