Skip to main content
Figure 3 | Frontiers in Zoology

Figure 3

From: Chloroplast incorporation and long-term photosynthetic performance through the life cycle in laboratory cultures of Elysia timida (Sacoglossa, Heterobranchia)

Figure 3

Ultrastructural investigations. Chloroplasts in digestive glandular cells in two different juvenile Elysia timida specimens fixed 2–3 h after the beginning of the very first feeding on Acetabularia acetabulum (A,B,C) . Chloroplasts in different states of degradation in juvenile E. timida fixed 2 days after the beginning of the very first feeding on A. acetabulum and free food supply until fixation (D,E,F). Around some degrading chloroplasts gaps are evident and some are enclosed in conglomerations. Fragments of phagosome membranes are highlighted by arrows.

Back to article page

Frontiers in Zoology

ISSN: 1742-9994