Costasiella ocellifera
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Costasiella ocellifera (Simroth, 1895)
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Costasiella ocellifera is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Costasiellidae.
Costasiella ocellifera shows long-term retention of functional kleptoplasty.[2]
References
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Costasiella ocellifera (Simroth, 1895). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420581 on 2017-05-07
- ^ Christa, G., Gould S. B., Franken J., Vleugels M., Karmeinski D., Händeler K., Martin W. F. & Wägele H. (2014). "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 80(5): 499-507. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu026