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Kleptoplasty or
kleptoplastidy is a
process in
symbiotic relationships whereby plastids,
notably chloroplasts from algae, are
sequestered by the host....
- Costasiellidae.
Despite being animals they
indirectly perform photosynthesis, via
kleptoplasty.
Discovered in 1993 off the
coast of the ****anese
island Kuroshima, Costasiella...
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chloroplasts from the
algae they eat, a very
unusual phenomenon known as
kleptoplasty, for the "stolen" plastids. This
earns them the
title of the "solar-powered...
- The
capture and
sequestering of
photosynthetic cells and chloroplasts,
kleptoplasty,
occurs in many
types of
modern eukaryotic organisms. The cytoskeleton...
- ocellifera.Costasiella
ocellifera shows long-term
retention of
functional kleptoplasty. The name 'ocellifera'
comes from the
Latin word for eye, ''ocellus''...
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capable of
kleptoplasty,
which is the
process of
taking chloroplasts from
digested algae and
using them for photosynthesis.
Kleptoplasty is performed...
- quickly, with
little chloroplast retention. Upon
reaching maturity,
kleptoplasty becomes an
important energy source. The
primary food
source of E. crispata...
- chloroplasts, and
those with endosymbionts—and
those that
acquire them
through kleptoplasty or
through symbiotic ****ociations with prey or
enslavement of
their organelles...
-
developed the
capacity to
sequester ingested plastids—a
process known as
kleptoplasty. A. F. W.
Schimper was the
first to name, describe. and
provide a clear...
- S2CID 91740559. Stephenson,
India (2017).
Species discovery,
evolution and
kleptoplasty in
marine meiofaunal flatworms (MSc).
University of
British Columbia...
