Photosynthetic activity of the solar-powered lagoon mollusc Elysia timida (Risso, 1818) (Opisthobranchia: Sacoglossa)

Symbiosis

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 151-158

  Gimenez Casalduero F ^a   Muniain, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Elysia timida; Kleptoplasts; Photosynthesis; Sacoglossa

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; LAGOON; MOLLUSC; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ACETABULARIA ACETABULUM; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ELYSIA TIMIDA; MOLLUSCA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA; SACOGLOSSA;

EID: 33845337595     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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