Functional kleptoplasty in a limapontioidean genus: Phylogeny, food preferences and photosynthesis in Costasiella, with a focus on C. Ocellifera (Gastropoda: Sacoglossa)

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 499-507

  Christa, Gregor ^a   Gould, Sven B ^b   Franken, Johanna ^a   Vleugels, Manja ^a   Karmeinski, Dario ^a   Händeler, Katharina ^c   Martin, William F ^b   Wägele, Heike ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PREFERENCE; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SLUG;

ALGAE; AVRAINVILLEA; COSTASIELLA; COSTASIELLA NONATOI; COSTASIELLA OCELLIFERA; GASTROPODA; LIMAPONTIOIDEA; SACOGLOSSA;

EID: 84920454431     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: 14643766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyu026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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