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ArticleBiology2026

Laboratory Rearing of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug

Paulo Cartaxana, Diana Lopes, Vesa Havurinne, Maria I Silva, Ricardo Calado, Sónia Cruz

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Article in Biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Paulo CartaxanaLaboratory for Innovation and Sustainability of Marine Biological Resources (ECOMARE), Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5088-843X
Diana LopesLaboratory for Innovation and Sustainability of Marine Biological Resources (ECOMARE), Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-9454-2278
Vesa HavurinneLaboratory for Innovation and Sustainability of Marine Biological Resources (ECOMARE), Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5213-0905
Maria I SilvaLaboratory for Innovation and Sustainability of Marine Biological Resources (ECOMARE), Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
Ricardo CaladoLaboratory for Innovation and Sustainability of Marine Biological Resources (ECOMARE), Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-1670-9335
Sónia CruzLaboratory for Innovation and Sustainability of Marine Biological Resources (ECOMARE), Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-4775-8161

Funding

European Research Council 949880Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia 2020.03278.CEECINDFundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia CEECIND/01434/2018Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia UID/50017/2025 + LA/P/0094/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Some Sacoglossa sea slugs are capable of stealing and maintaining functional intracellular chloroplasts-kleptoplasts-from their macroalgal prey for periods of up to several months, a process known as kleptoplasty. Although the cultivation of these marine invertebrates under laboratory conditions is crucial for research in various fields (e.g., endosymbiosis, animal physiology, discovery of new marine natural products), rearing protocols are scarce. This study presents a standardized protocol for the laboratory rearing of large numbers of the sacoglossan tropical sea slug

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Acetabularia acetabulumBryopsischloroplastendosymbiosiskleptoplastmarine aquarium trade

Identifiers

PMID41594903
PMCPMC12837971

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