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Chloroplasts as Functional Endosymbionts in the Mollusc Tridachia crispata (Bërgh), (Opisthobranchia, Sacoglossa)

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THE sacoglossan opisthobranch gastropod Tridachia crispata (Bërgh) was reported by Yonge and Nicholas1 to have symbiotic unicellular zooxanthellae (Dinophyceae). It was suggested that there was a functional relationship between the algae and the marine slugs.

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TRENCH, R. Chloroplasts as Functional Endosymbionts in the Mollusc Tridachia crispata (Bërgh), (Opisthobranchia, Sacoglossa). Nature 222, 1071–1072 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2221071a0

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