TRANSFER OF SECONDARY METABOLITES FROM THE SPONGES DYSIDEA-FRAGILIS AND PLERAPLYSILLA-SPINIFERA TO THE MANTLE DERMAL FORMATIONS (MDFS) OF THE NUDIBRANCH HYPSELODORIS-WEBBI

Authors
FONTANA A GIMENEZ F MARIN A MOLLO E CIMINO G
Citation
A. Fontana et al., TRANSFER OF SECONDARY METABOLITES FROM THE SPONGES DYSIDEA-FRAGILIS AND PLERAPLYSILLA-SPINIFERA TO THE MANTLE DERMAL FORMATIONS (MDFS) OF THE NUDIBRANCH HYPSELODORIS-WEBBI, Experientia, 50(5), 1994, pp. 510-516
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Experientia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00144754
Volume
50
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
510 - 516
Database
ISI
SICI code
0014-4754(1994)50:5<510:TOSMFT>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The opisthobranch mollusc Hypselodoris webbi is able to select, among its potential preys, sponges chemically rich in furanosesquiterpenoids . The sequestered secondary metabolites act as defensive allomones aga inst predators and are accumulated in some dorsal glands (MDFs). This transfer from sponges to MDFs has been proven by maintaining H. webbi together with some selected sponges in an aquarium for a prolonged per iod.