The role of kleptoplasts in the survival rates of Elysia timida (Risso, 1818): (Sacoglossa: Opisthobranchia) during periods of food shortage

The importance of photosynthetic products derived from kleptoplasts in several sacoglossan species is being investigated in different fields, such as chemistry, biomolecular genetics and ecology. This study analyzes the effect of kleptoplasts on the survival rates of Elysia timida by evaluating the development of chlorophyll concentration, total length and survival rates of starved E. timida specimens kept in the light and in the dark. Although...