Projects
Radula properties in marine Heterobranchia
Management: Prof. Dr. Heike Wägele
Publications
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2024/07
Dendrodorididae (Heterobranchia, Nudibranchia) from Persian Gulf with a description of a new species of Doriopsilla and remarks on the family
European Journal of Taxonomy, 943
2024/09
Radular Tooth Coating in Members of Dendronotidae and Flabellinidae (Nudibranchia, Gastropoda, Mollusca)
Journal of morphology, 9, 285
2023/08
Elemental composition and material properties of radular teeth in the heterobranch snail Gastropteron rubrum (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cephalaspidea) foraging on hard organisms
8, 13
2023/05
Coping with abrasive food: diverging composition of radular teeth in two Porifera-consuming nudibranch species (Mollusca, Gastropoda)
202, 20
2023/02
Is a Modified Actin the Key to Toxin Resistance in the Nudibranch Chromodoris? A Biochemical and Molecular Approach
2, 15
2022/02
Phyllidiidae (Nudibranchia, Heterobranchia, Gastropoda): an integrative taxonomic approach including chemical analyses
3, 22
2022/09
Defensive acid-secreting glands in Cypraeoidea (Caenogastropoda, Mollusca)
4, 42
2021/12
Transcriptomics provides a robust framework for the relationships of the major clades of cladobranch sea slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia), but fails to resolve the …
BMC ecology and evolution, 21
2021/04
Statocyst content in Aeolidida (Nudibranchia) is an uninformative character for phylogenetic studies
2, 87
2020/03
Description of a new Peronia species (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Onchidiidae) from Iran, Persian Gulf
Zootaxa, 3, 4758
2020/01
First Study on Marine Heterobranchia (Gastropoda, Mollusca) in Bangka Archipelago, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
2, 12
2020/07
Antibacterial scalarane from Doriprismatica stellata nudibranchs (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia), egg ribbons, and their dietary sponge Spongia cf. agaricina (Demospongiae, Dictyoceratida)
16
2020/09
Phylogenomic analysis and morphological data suggest left-right swimming behavior evolved prior to the origin of the pelagic Phylliroidae (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia)
4, 20
2020/08
From Persian Gulf to Indonesia: interrelated phylogeographic distance and chemistry within the genus Peronia (Onchidiidae, Gastropoda, Mollusca)
1, 10
2020/09
Metabolome of the Phyllidiella pustulosa Species Complex (Nudibranchia, Heterobranchia, Gastropoda) Reveals Rare Dichloroimidic Sesquiterpene Derivatives from a Phylogenetically Distinct and Undescribed Clade
9, 83
2020/01
Molecular Mechanism of Resistance: Mutation of Actin in Chromodoris Sea Slugs Enable the Sequestration and Storage of Cytotoxic Latrunculin A
1, 18
2020/01
The Phyllidiella pustulosa Species Complex (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia): Do Secondary Metabolites Aid in Species Delimitation?
1, 18
2020/11
Selection of sponge-associated bacteria with high potential for the production of antibacterial compounds
Scientific reports, 1, 10
2020/09
Metabolome of the Phyllidiella pustulosa Species Complex (Nudibranchia, Heterobranchia, Gastropoda) Reveals Rare Dichloroimidic Sesquiterpene Derivatives from a phylogenetically distinct and undescribed clade
Journal of Natural Products, 9, 83
2020/07
Antibacterial scalarane from Doriprismatica stellata nudibranchs (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia), egg ribbons, and their dietary sponge Spongia cf. agaricina (Demospongiae …
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1, 16
2020/09
Metabolome of the Phyllidiella pustulosa Species Complex (Nudibranchia, Heterobranchia, Gastropoda) Reveals Rare Dichloroimidic Sesquiterpene Derivatives …
Journal of Natural Products, 9, 83
2019/02
Comparing amylose production in two solar-powered sea slugs: the sister taxaElysia timidaandE. cornigera(Heterobranchia: Sacoglossa)
1, 85
2019/09
First Survey of Heterobranch Sea Slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Island Sangihe, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
9, 11
2019/08
Description of a new Moridilla species from North Sulawesi, Indonesia (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeolidioidea)—based on MicroCT, histological and molecular analyses
2, 4652
2019/04
Monitoring marine heterobranchia in Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi (Indonesia), in a changing environment
Aquaculture, Aquarium, Conservation & Legislation, 2, 12
2019/08
Description of a new Moridilla species from North Sulawesi, Indonesia (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeolidioidea)—based on MicroCT, histological and molecular …
Zootaxa, 2, 4652
2018/11
Comparative morphology and evolution of the cnidosac in Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia)
Frontiers in zoology, 1, 15
2018/04
How does temperature affect functional kleptoplasty? Comparing populations of the solar-powered sister-species Elysia timida Risso, 1818 and Elysia cornigera Nuttall, 1989 (Gastropoda: Sacoglossa)
1, 15
2018/02
Second survey of heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) from Bunaken National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia - how much do we know after 12 years?
1, 11
2018/12
Marine Heterobranchia (Gastropoda, Mollusca) in Bunaken National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia—A Follow-Up Diversity Study
4, 10
2018/12
Marine Heterobranchia (Gastropoda, Mollusca) in Bunaken National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia—A Follow-Up Diversity Study
Diversity, 4, 10
2017/01
Photosynthate accumulation in solar-powered sea slugs - starving slugs survive due to accumulated starch reserves
Frontiers in zoology, 1, 14
2017/04
Giant embryos and hatchlings of Antarctic nudibranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia)
Marine biology, 5, 164
2017/06
Antimicrobial Potential of Bacteria Associated with Marine Sea Slugs from North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Frontiers in microbiology, 8
2017/12
The Potential of Indonesian Heterobranchs Found around Bunaken Island for the Production of Bioactive Compounds
Marine drugs, 12, 15
2017/10
Chloroplast digestion and the development of functional kleptoplasty in juvenile Elysia timida (Risso, 1818) as compared to short-term and non-chloroplast-retaining sacoglossan slugs
10, 12
2017/03
Examining the retention of functional kleptoplasts and digestive activity in sacoglossan sea slugs
Organisms diversity & evolution, 17
2017/11
Distribution and morphology of defensive acid-secreting glands in Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia), with an emphasis on Pleurobranchomorpha
Journal of Molluscan Studies, 4, 83
2017/03
A new Antarctic heterobranch clade is sister to all other Cephalaspidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
Zoologica scripta, 2, 46
2017/01
The complete mitochondrial genome of the ‘solar-powered’ sea slug Plakobranchus cf. ocellatus (Heterobranchia: Panpulmonata: Sacoglossa)
Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 1, 2
2017/03
Secondary metabolome and its defensive role in the aeolidoidean Phyllodesmium longicirrum,(Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Nudibranchia)
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1, 13
2016/11
Bipolarity in sea slugs: a new species of Doridunculus (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Onchidoridoidea) from Antarctica
Organisms diversity & evolution, 1, 17
2016/02
Distribution of granuloside in the Antarctic nudibranch Charcotia granulosa (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Charcotiidae)
Marine biology, 3, 163
2016/07
The End of the Cold Loneliness: 3D Comparison between Doto antarctica and a New Sympatric Species of Doto (Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia)
PloS one, 7, 11
2016/05
3D Accounting and Measuring Plugin
2015/03
Comparison of sister species identifies factors underpinning plastid compatibility in green sea slugs
Proceedings - Royal Society. Biological sciences/Proceedings - Royal Society. Biological Sciences, 1802, 282
2015/08
Why It Is Time to Look Beyond Algal Genes in Photosynthetic Slugs
Genome biology and evolution, 9, 7
2015/04
Photosynthesis and the role of plastids (kleptoplastids) in Sacoglossa (Heterobranchia, Gastropoda): a short review
Aquatic Science & Management, 1, 3
2014/01
Plastid-bearing sea slugs fix CO2in the light but do not require photosynthesis to survive
Proceedings - Royal Society. Biological sciences/Proceedings - Royal Society. Biological Sciences, 1774, 281
2014/12
Phylogenetic evidence for multiple independent origins of functional kleptoplasty in Sacoglossa (Heterobranchia, Gastropoda)
Organisms diversity & evolution, 1, 15
2014/01
Identification of sequestered chloroplasts in photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic sacoglossan sea slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda)
Frontiers in zoology, 1, 11
2014/05
Functional kleptoplasty in a limapontioidean genus: phylogeny, food preferences and photosynthesis inCostasiella, with a focus onC. ocellifera(Gastropoda: Sacoglossa)
5, 80
2014/06
The symbiosis between the ‘solar-powered’ nudibranchMelibe engeliRisbec, 1937 (Dendronotoidea) andSymbiodiniumsp. (Dinophyceae)
5, 80
2014/00
Endosymbioses in sacoglossan seaslugs: plastid-bearing animals that keep photosynthetic organelles without borrowing genes
Endosymbiosis
2014/12
Chloroplast incorporation and long-term photosynthetic performance through the life cycle in laboratory cultures of Elysia timida (Sacoglossa, Heterobranchia)
Frontiers in zoology, 11
2014/12
The Cylindrobulla/Ascobulla complex—unraveling problems in identification and adding to Cylindrobulla diversity (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Sacoglossa) by describing a new …
Zootaxa, 3, 3893
2014/09
Defense in the Aeolidoidean Genus Phyllodesmium (Gastropoda)
Journal of chemical ecology, 40
2014/12
A Special Issue of selected papers from the symposium:'There's Something About Opisthobranchia', World Congress of Malacology, Ponta Delgada, Azores, July 2013 Introduction
Journal of Molluscan Studies, 80
2014/03
Flashback and foreshadowing—a review of the taxon Opisthobranchia
Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 14
2013/12
Is ftsH the Key to Plastid Longevity in Sacoglossan Slugs?
Genome biology and evolution, 12, 5
2013/00
Behavioral interactions between Tritaeta gibbosa (crustacea, amphipoda) and Ocnus planci (echinodermata, holothuroidea)
Milieu, 2, 63
2013/06
Morphological and genetic analyses of xeniid soft coral diversity (Octocorallia; Alcyonacea)
Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 13
2012/10
What remains after 2 months of starvation? Analysis of sequestered algae in a photosynthetic slug, Plakobranchus ocellatus (Sacoglossa, Opisthobranchia), by barcoding
Planta, 2, 237
2012/00
Park und Garten des Museum Alexander Koenig im Wandel der Zeit
Koenigiana, 2, 6
2012/12
Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within Polinices s.l. (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology
Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 12
2012/11
Incorporated nematocysts in Aeolidiella stephanieae (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Aeolidoidea) mature by acidification shown by the pH sensitive fluorescing alkaloid Ageladine A
Toxicon, 6, 60
2011/01
The taxonomist - an endangered race. A practical proposal for its survival
Frontiers in zoology, 1, 8
2011/07
Behavioral adaptations in relation to long-term retention of endosymbiotic chloroplasts in the sea slug Elysia timida (Opisthobranchia, Sacoglossa)
Thalassas, 2, 27
2011/11
Molecular analysis of adults and egg masses reveals two independent lineages within the infaunal gastropod Naticarius onca (Röding, 1798) (Caenogastropoda …
Molluscan Research, 3, 31
2011/07
Dotofide, a Guanidine‐Interrupted Terpenoid from the Marine Slug Doto pinnatifida (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia)
European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 20‐21, 2011
2010/09
Transcriptomic Evidence That Longevity of Acquired Plastids in the Photosynthetic Slugs Elysia timida and Plakobranchus ocellatus Does Not Entail Lateral Transfer of Algal Nuclear Genes
Molecular biology and evolution, 1, 28
2010/03
Slugs’ last meals: molecular identification of sequestered chloroplasts from different algal origins in Sacoglossa (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda)
Molecular ecology resources, 6, 10
2010/01
Defensive strategies of Cladobranchia (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia)
Natural product reports, 10, 27
2010/00
Solar powered seaslugs (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda, Mollusca): incorporation of photosynthetic units: a key character enhancing radiation?
Evolution in action: case studies in adaptive radiation, speciation and the origin of biodiversity
2010/11
Two new sacoglossan sea slug species (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda): Ercolania annelyleorum sp. nov. (Limapontioidea) and Elysia asbecki sp. nov …
Zootaxa, 1, 2676
2009/06
Chemical induction of silent biosynthetic pathway transcription in Aspergillus niger
Journal of industrial microbiology and biotechnology/Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology, 9, 36
2009/01
Functional chloroplasts in metazoan cells - a unique evolutionary strategy in animal life
Frontiers in zoology, 1, 6
2009/01
Phylogenetic support values are not necessarily informative: the case of the Serialia hypothesis (a mollusk phylogeny)
Frontiers in zoology, 1, 6
2008/03
The Opisthobranchia
Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca
2008/10
Tergipes antarcticus (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia): distribution, life cycle, morphology, anatomy and adaptation of the first mollusc known to live in Antarctic sea ice
Polar biology, 11, 31
2008/03
Symbiosis between Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae) and various taxa of Nudibranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda), with analyses of long-term retention
Organisms diversity & evolution, 1, 8
2008/08
Three new solar-powered species of the genus Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg, 1831 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeolidioidea) from the tropical Indo-Pacific, with analysis of their photosynthetic activity and notes on Biology
Journal of Molluscan Studies, 3, 74
2008/03
The Opisthobranchia
Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca
2007/01
Preliminary study on molecular phylogeny of Sacoglossa and a compilation of their food organisms
Bonner zoologische Beiträge, 3-4, 55
2006/01
Molluscan diversity at Bunaken National Park, Sulawesi
Journal of the Zoological Society Wallacea, 2
2005/01
Opisthobranchia (Mollusca, Gastropoda) - more than just slimy slugs. Shell reduction and its implications on defence and foraging.
Frontiers in zoology, 1, 2