{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Vital XG"],"funding":["Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)","Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia","Texas A&M University","Texas A&M University","Harte Research Institute","UNITAS MALACOLOGICA","Unitas Malacologica","Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología","European Research Council","European Union's Horizon 2020","Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México","Harte Charitable Foundation","European Union's Horizon 2020"],"pagination":["jeb251281"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12912266"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["229(3)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Photosynthetic sacoglossan sea slugs sequester the chloroplasts of the algae they feed upon and keep these organelles functional in the cells of their ramified digestive system. Whether the stolen chloroplasts - kleptoplasts - influence animal behavioural responses towards light is uncertain. To address this matter, we: (1) determined the light preferences of the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia crispata when offered different light spectra (450, 517, 520-650 and 665 nm) and intensities (60, 180, 425 and 1400 µmol photons m-2 s-1); and (2) established whether the light intensity preferences of E. crispata were different when fed algae acclimated to low (40 µmol photons m-2 s-1) and high irradiance (425 µmol photons m-2 s-1). Sea slugs were collected from a coral reef in the Gulf of Mexico an"],"journal":["The Journal of experimental biology"],"pubmed_title":["The photoacclimation state of stolen chloroplasts affects the light preferences in the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia crispata."],"pmcid":["PMC12912266"],"funding_grant_id":["LA/P/0094/2020","564148","949880","2020.03278.CEECIND","UID/50017/2025","CEECIND/01434/2018","Student Research Award 2020"],"pubmed_authors":["Cartaxana P","Cruz S","Mascaro M","Vital XG","Simoes N"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"The photoacclimation state of stolen chloroplasts affects the light preferences in the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia crispata.","description":"Photosynthetic sacoglossan sea slugs sequester the chloroplasts of the algae they feed upon and keep these organelles functional in the cells of their ramified digestive system. Whether the stolen chloroplasts - kleptoplasts - influence animal behavioural responses towards light is uncertain. To address this matter, we: (1) determined the light preferences of the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia crispata when offered different light spectra (450, 517, 520-650 and 665 nm) and intensities (60, 180, 425 and 1400 µmol photons m-2 s-1); and (2) established whether the light intensity preferences of E. crispata were different when fed algae acclimated to low (40 µmol photons m-2 s-1) and high irradiance (425 µmol photons m-2 s-1). Sea slugs were collected from a coral reef in the Gulf of Mexico an","dates":{"release":"2026-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2026 Feb","modification":"2026-07-16T00:32:56.505Z","creation":"2026-07-09T13:09:59.384Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12912266","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41480678"],"doi":["10.1242/jeb.251281"]}}