Costasiella ocellifera

Costasiella ocellifera is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Costasiellidae.

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]
  • Doto ocellifera Simroth, 1895
  • Costasiella lilianae (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1969)
  • Stiliger lilianae Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1969

Costasiella ocellifera shows long-term retention of functional kleptoplasty.[2]

References
  1. 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
  2. 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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