Algivore or phototroph? Plakobranchus ocellatus (Gastropoda) continuously acquires kleptoplasts and nutrition from multiple algal species in nature

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Maeda, Taro ^a,b   Hirose, Euichi ^c   Chikaraishi, Yoshito ^b   Kawato, Masaru ^b   Takishita, Kiyotaka ^b   Yoshida, Takao ^a,b   Verbruggen, Heroen ^d,e   Tanaka, Jiro ^a   Shimamura, Shigeru ^b   Takaki, Yoshihiro ^b   Tsuchiya, Masashi ^b   Iwai, Kenji ^f   Maruyama, Tadashi ^a,b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f Okinawa Prefectural Fisheries and Ocean Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ALGAL COMMUNITY; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPOD; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GREEN ALGA; HERBIVORE; MIXOTROPH; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOAUTOTROPH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLAKOBRANCHUS OCELLATUS; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RIBULOSE 1,5 BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE OXYGENASE LARGE SUBUNIT GENE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STARVATION; SYMBIOSIS; TROPHIC LEVEL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; CHLOROPHYTA; GASTROPODA; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS; SEASONS; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; GASTROPODA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA; PLAKOBRANCHUS OCELLATUS; SACOGLOSSA;

EID: 84864354641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042024     Document Type: Article

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