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From: Chloroplast incorporation and long-term photosynthetic performance through the life cycle in laboratory cultures of Elysia timida (Sacoglossa, Heterobranchia)

Figure 2

Juvenile Elysia timida after the first uptake of Acetabularia acetabulum cytosol. When transparent juveniles feed for the very first time on A. acetabulum, the cytosol of the algae including the plastids, fill up the digestive gland, thereby revealing its bilobed structure. The individual was fixed 2–3 hours after the first A. acetabulum meal, and about 5–6 days after hatching. The individual is oriented with its head to the left side, the digestive gland can be seen in the middle with the two balloon-like protrusions that are filled up and colored greenish by the plastids.

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Frontiers in Zoology

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