Costasiella kuroshimae
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Costasiella kuroshimae | |
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Costasiella cf. kuroshimae on Avrainvillea erecta. Locality: Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. The length of the slug is about 1 cm. | |
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Species: | C. kuroshimae
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Costasiella kuroshimae Ichikawa, 1993
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Costasiella kuroshimae is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Costasiellidae. [1]
It has the ability to incorporate chloroplasts from the algae it feeds on into its body and use them to do photosynthesis (see kleptoplasty).
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The type locality is Kuroshima, Taketomi, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.[2]
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References
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Costasiella kuroshimae Ichikawa, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494655 on 2015-01-17
- ^ Jensen K. R. (November 2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)". Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.