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Cyerce cristallina is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae.
Distribution[edit]
The Cyerce cristallina can be found throughout the Mediterranean Sea [2]
Chemical defenses[edit]
Unlike other Mediterranean Sacoglossans which sequester compounds used to create toxins from the algae they eat, [2] the Cyerce cristallina produces its own toxins 'de novo': within its own body. [2]. These toxins, Cyerecene-A, are excreted from dorsal appendages (cerata) when disturbed. [3]. The cristallina is also capable of detaching these cerata, which continue to secrete the toxins.[3] These toxins are ichthyotoxins, meaning toxic to fish.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Trinchese S. (1881). Breve descrizione del nuovo genere Lobiancoia. Rendiconto dell'Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Mathematiche, Napoli 20(4): 116
- ^ a b c Margheritia G, Arnaldo M, Ernesto M, Antonio C, Guido V, & Guido C. (1994). "Secondary Metabolites from Mediterranean Elysioidea: Origin and Biological Role". Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 108B. 107-115. doi:10.1016/0305-0491(94)90170-8.
- ^ a b c Vardaro R,Di Marzo V,Crispino A., & Cimino G (1991). "Cyercenes, Novel Polypropionate Mediterranean Pyrones from the Automizing Mollusc Cyerce Cristallina" . Tetrahedron Vol. 41 No. 29 pp. 5569-5516. doi:10.1007/BF01918390.
Category:Hermaeidae Category:Gastropods described in 1881
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