Nudibranch Coryphella trophina (Bergh, 1890) (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) Uses Twice Stolen Nematocysts for Its Defense

Most nudibranchs feed on hydroids and anemones and utilize kleptocnidae, which are stinging capsules stolen from eaten victims, for their own defense. The nudibranch Coryphella trophina (Bergh, 1890) was found to eat other nudibranchs. Stinging capsules that the predator uses for its defense have been stolen twice: first by mollusks feeding on cnidarians and then by C. trophina eating the mollusks.

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Doklady Biological Sciences
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2025-01-22
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https://doi.org/10.1134/s0012496624600295
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Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
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Nudibranch Coryphella trophina (Bergh, 1890) (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) Uses Twice Stolen Nematocysts for Its Defense

Nellya R. Krupitskaya, Irina A. Ekimova, В. В. Малахов
Doklady Biological Sciences
Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
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Nudibranch Coryphella trophina (Bergh, 1890) (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) Uses Twice Stolen Nematocysts for Its Defense

Nellya R. Krupitskaya, Irina A. Ekimova, В. В. Малахов
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Most nudibranchs feed on hydroids and anemones and utilize kleptocnidae, which are stinging capsules stolen from eaten victims, for their own defense. The nudibranch Coryphella trophina (Bergh, 1890) was found to eat other nudibranchs. Stinging capsules that the predator uses for its defense have been stolen twice: first by mollusks feeding on cnidarians and then by C. trophina eating the mollusks.

Doklady Biological SciencesVol. 520(1)
Lomonosov Moscow State University (RU)
Openalex Percentile: Top 99%
Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
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