Current to 25 June, 2025; I most certainly have missed some, so please let me know about all omissions.

For simplicity I have changed from reverse chronological to standard citation order.  Links to full text and abstracts have been removed because they quickly become obsolete.

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Albano, M., Seco Pon, J. and Obenat, S. (2006). Macrozoobentos asociado a los agregados de Phyllochaetopterus socialis Claparède, 1870 en el puerto de Mar del Plata, Argentina. Investigaciones marinas 34,.

Allen, R., Krug, P. and Marshall, D. (2009). Larval size in Elysia stylifera is determined by extra-embryonic provisioning but not egg size. Marine Ecology Progress Series 389, 127–137.

Anton, R. F., Schories, D., Jörger, K. M., Kaligis, F. and Schrödl, M. (2015). Description of four new endoparasitic species of the family Splanchnotrophidae (Copepoda, Poecilostomatoida) from nudibranch and sacoglossan gastropod hosts. Marine Biodiversity 46, 183–195.

Ashour, M., Edrada, R., Ebel, R., Wray, V., Wätjen, W., Padmakumar, K., Müller, W. E. G., Lin, W. H. and Proksch, P. (2006). Kahalalide Derivatives from the Indian Sacoglossan Mollusk Elysia grandifolia. Journal of Natural Products 69, 1547–1553.

Barber, K., Middlebrooks, M., Bell, S. and Pierce, S. (2021). The Specialist Marine Herbivore Elysia papillosa Grows Faster on a Less Utilized Algal Diet. The Biological Bulletin 241, 158–167.

Baumgartner, F. A. and Toth, G. B. (2014). Abundance and size distribution of the sacoglossan Elysia viridis on co-occurring algal hosts on the Swedish west coast. PLoS One 9, e92472–e92472.

Baumgartner, F., Motti, C., de Nys, R. and Paul, N. (2009). Feeding preferences and host associations of specialist marine herbivores align with quantitative variation in seaweed secondary metabolites. Marine Ecology Progress Series 396, 1–12.

Baumgartner, F. A., Pavia, H. and Toth, G. B. (2014). Individual specialization to non-optimal hosts in a polyphagous marine invertebrate herbivore. PLoS One 9, e102752–e102752.

Baumgartner, F. A., Pavia, H. and Toth, G. B. (2015). Acquired phototrophy through retention of functional chloroplasts increases growth efficiency of the sea slug Elysia viridis. PLoS One 10, e0120874–e0120874.

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Bhattacharya, D., Pelletreau, K. N., Price, D. C., Sarver, K. E. and Rumpho, M. E. (2013). Genome analysis of Elysia chlorotica Egg DNA provides no evidence for horizontal gene transfer into the germ line of this Kleptoplastic Mollusc. Mol Biol Evol 30, 1843–1852.

Bhosale, S. H., Jagtap, T. G. and Naik, C. G. (1999). Antifungal activity of some marine organisms from India, against food spoilage Aspergillus strains. Mycopathologia,. Mycopathologia 147, 133–138.

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Burfeind, D. D., Tibbetts, I. R. and Udy, J. W. (2009). Grazing rates of Elysia tomentosa on native and introduced Caulerpa taxifolia. Hydrobiologia 632, 355–358.

Burgués Palau, L., Senna, G. and Laetz, E. M. J. (2024). Crawl away from the light! Assessing behavioral and physiological photoprotective mechanisms in tropical solar-powered sea slugs exposed to natural light intensities. Mar Biol 171, 50.

Cai, H., Li, Q., Fang, X., Li, J., Curtis, N. E., Altenburger, A., Shibata, T., Feng, M., Maeda, T., Schwartz, J. A., et al. (2019). A draft genome assembly of the solar-powered sea slug Elysia chlorotica. Sci Data 6, 190022–190022.

Carbone, M., Muniain, C., Castelluccio, F., Iannicelli, O. and Gavagnin, M. (2013). First chemical study of the sacoglossan Elysia patagonica: Isolation of a γ-pyrone propionate hydroperoxide. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 49, 172–175.

Carlini, D. B. and Regan, J. D. (1995). Photolyase activities of Elysia tuca, Bursatella leachii, and Haminaea antillarum (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 189, 219–232.

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Cartaxana, P. and Cruz, S. (2020). On the art of stealing chloroplasts. eLife 9,.

Cartaxana, P., Trampe, E., Kühl, M. and Cruz, S. (2017). Kleptoplast photosynthesis is nutritionally relevant in the sea slug Elysia viridis. Sci Rep 7, 7714–7714.

Cartaxana, P., Morelli, L., Quintaneiro, C., Calado, G., Calado, R. and Cruz, S. (2018). Kleptoplasts photoacclimation state modulates the photobehaviour of the solar-powered sea slug Elysia viridis. Journal of Experimental Biology.

Cartaxana, P., Morelli, L., Jesus, B., Calado, G., Calado, R. and Cruz, S. (2019). The photon menace: kleptoplast protection in the photosynthetic sea slugElysia timida. Journal of Experimental Biology.

Cartaxana, P., Rey, F., LeKieffre, C., Lopes, D., Hubas, C., Spangenberg, J. E., Escrig, S., Jesus, B., Calado, G., Domingues, R., et al. (2021). Photosynthesis from stolen chloroplasts can support sea slug reproductive fitness. Proc Biol Sci 288, 20211779–20211779.

Cartaxana, P., Lopes, D., Martinez, B., Martins, P. and Cruz, S. (2022). Aposymbiotic Specimen of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia crispata. Diversity 14, 313.

Casalduero, F. G. and Muniain, C. (2008). The role of kleptoplasts in the survival rates of Elysia timida (Risso, 1818): (Sacoglossa: Opisthobranchia) during periods of food shortage. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 357, 181–187.

Chan, C. X., Vaysberg, P., Price, D. C., Pelletreau, K. N., Rumpho, M. E. and Bhattacharya, D. (2018). Active Host Response to Algal Symbionts in the Sea Slug Elysia chlorotica. Molecular Biology and Evolution 35, 1706–1711.

Christa, G., Zimorski, V., Woehle, C., Tielens, A. G. M., Wägele, H., Martin, W. F. and Gould, S. B. (2013). Plastid-bearing sea slugs fix CO2 in the light but do not require photosynthesis to survive. Proc Biol Sci 281, 20132493–20132493.

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Christa, G., Händeler, K., Kück, P., Franken, J., Karmeinski, D. and Wägele, H. (2014b). Phylogenetic evidence for multiple independent origins of functional kleptoplasty in Sacoglossa (Heterobranchia, Gastropoda). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 15, 23–36.

Ciavatta, M. L., Lopez Gresa, M. P., Gavagnin, M., Manzo, E., Mollo, E., D’Souza, L. and Cimino, G. (2006). New caulerpenyne-derived metabolites of an Elysia sacoglossan from the South Indian coast. Molecules 11, 808–816.

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Coquillard, P., Thibaut, T., Hill, D. R. C., Gueugnot, J., Mazel, C. and Coquillard, Y. (2000). Simulation of the mollusc Ascoglossa Elysia subornata population dynamics: application to the potential biocontrol of Caulerpa taxifolia growth in the Mediterranean Sea. Ecological Modelling 135, 1–16.

Costa, J., Giménez-Casalduero, F., Melo, R. and Jesus, B. (2012). Colour morphotypes of Elysia timida (Sacoglossa, Gastropoda) are determined by light acclimation in food algae. Aquatic Biology 17, 81–89.

CROCETTA, F., ZIBROWIUS, H., BITAR, G., TEMPLADO, J. and OLIVERIO, M. (2013). Biogeographical homogeneity in the eastern Mediterranean Sea – I: the opisthobranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Lebanon. Mediterranean Marine Science 14, 403.

Cruz, S., Dionísio, G., Rosa, R., Calado, R. and Serôdio, J. (2012). Anesthetizing Solar-Powered Sea Slugs for Photobiological Studies. The Biological Bulletin 223, 328–336.

Cruz, S., LeKieffre, C., Cartaxana, P., Hubas, C., Thiney, N., Jakobsen, S., Escrig, S., Jesus, B., Kühl, M., Calado, R., et al. (2020). Functional kleptoplasts intermediate incorporation of carbon and nitrogen in cells of the Sacoglossa sea slug Elysia viridis. Sci Rep 10, 10548–10548.

Cruz-Rivera, E. and Paul, V. J. (2006). Feeding by coral reef mesograzers: algae or cyanobacteria? Coral Reefs 25, 617–627.

Cueto, M., D’Croz, L., Maté, J. L., San-Martín, A. and Darias, J. (2005). Elysiapyrones from Elysia diomedea. Do Such Metabolites Evidence an Enzymatically Assisted Electrocyclization Cascade for the Biosynthesis of Their Bicyclo[4.2.0]octane Core? Organic Letters 7, 415–418.

Curtis, N. E., Pierce, S. K., Massey, S. E., Schwartz, J. A. and Maugel, T. K. (2006a). Newly metamorphosed Elysia clarki juveniles feed on and sequester chloroplasts from algal species different from those utilized by adult slugs. Marine Biology 150, 797–806.

Curtis, N. E., Massey, S. E. and Pierce, S. K. (2006b). The symbiotic chloroplasts in the sacoglossanElysia clarkiare from several algal species. Invertebrate Biology 125, 336–345.

Curtis, N. E., Schwartz, J. A. and Pierce, S. K. (2010). Ultrastructure of sequestered chloroplasts in sacoglossan gastropods with differing abilities for plastid uptake and maintenance. Invertebrate Biology 129, 297–308.

Curtis, N. E., Middlebrooks, M. L., Schwartz, J. A. and Pierce, S. K. (2015). Kleptoplastic sacoglossan species have very different capacities for plastid maintenance despite utilizing the same algal donors. Symbiosis 65, 23–31.

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Davis, J., Fricke, W. F., Hamann, M. T., Esquenazi, E., Dorrestein, P. C. and Hill, R. T. (2013). Characterization of the bacterial community of the chemically defended Hawaiian sacoglossan Elysia rufescens. Appl Environ Microbiol 79, 7073–7081.

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De Vries, J., Rauch, C., Christa, G. and Gould, S. B. (2014). A sea slug’s guide to plastid symbiosis. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 83, 415–421.

de Vries, J., Christa, G. and Gould, S. B. (2014). Plastid survival in the cytosol of animal cells. Trends in Plant Science 19, 347–350.

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Díaz-Marrero, A. R., Cueto, M., D’Croz, L. and Darias, J. (2008). Validating an Endoperoxide as a Key Intermediate in the Biosynthesis of Elysiapyrones. Organic Letters 10, 3057–3060.

Dionísio, G., Rosa, R., Leal, M. C., Cruz, S., Brandão, C., Calado, G., Serôdio, J. and Calado, R. (2013). Beauties and beasts: A portrait of sea slugs aquaculture. Aquaculture 408–409, 1–14.

Dionísio, G., Faleiro, F., Bilan, M., Rosa, I., Pimentel, M., Serôdio, J., Calado, R. and Rosa, R. (2017). Impact of climate change on the ontogenetic development of ‘solar-powered’ sea slugs. Marine Ecology Progress Series 578, 87–97.

Dionísio, G., Faleiro, F., Bispo, R., Lopes, A. R., Cruz, S., Paula, J. R., Repolho, T., Calado, R. and Rosa, R. (2018). Distinct Bleaching Resilience of Photosynthetic Plastid-Bearing Mollusks Under Thermal Stress and High CO(2) Conditions. Front Physiol 9, 1675–1675.

Donohoo, S. A., Wade, R. M. and Sherwood, A. R. (2020). Finding the Sweet Spot: Sub-Ambient Light Increases Fitness and Kleptoplast Survival in the Sea Slug Plakobranchus cf. ianthobaptus Gould, 1852. The Biological Bulletin 238, 154–166.

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Evertsen, J. and Johnsen, G. (2009). In vivo and in vitro differences in chloroplast functionality in the two north Atlantic sacoglossans (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) Placida dendritica and Elysia viridis. Marine Biology 156, 847–859.

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