SummarySacoglossan sea slugs are able to steal chloroplasts from their algal prey and acquire photosynthetic capacity (termed kleptoplasty). These ﾊｻstolenﾊｼ plastids provide sea …

The fossil record of extant sacoglossan genera dates back to the Eocene and, based on the fossil record of siphonalean green algae, the Sacoglossa most likely appeared in the Cretaceous.

Have you ever heard of the sacoglossan? Under-water photographer Wesley Oost-huizen takes a closer look at a special sacoglossan species—the butterfly sap-sucking slug.

torian Branch, Malacological Society of Australasia Most sap-sucking sea slugs, the sacoglos. ans, are small, that is, less than 15 mm in length. Two species, howev-er, should be regarded …

Sacoglossan sea slugs are herbivorous mollusks well known for their unique ability among metazoans to sequester functional chloroplasts from their algal food through a process called …

Here, we have reviewed the literature and showed that while kleptoplasty occurs in many slug species and almost all derive benefit from kleptoplast photosynthesis, the slug adaptations to …

SUMMARY: Sacoglossan sea slugs (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) are one of the few groups of specialist herbivores in the marine environment.