Costasiella ocellifera
| Costasiella ocellifera | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia informal group Opisthobranchia clade Sacoglossa clade Plakobranchacea |
| Superfamily: | Limapontioidea |
| Family: | Costasiellidae |
| Genus: | Costasiella |
| Species: | C. ocellifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Costasiella ocellifera (Simroth, 1895) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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
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