Tetrodotoxin Concentrations in Pleurobranchaea maculata: Temporal, Spatial and Individual Variability from New Zealand Populations

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Tetrodotoxin Concentrations in Pleurobranchaea maculata: Temporal, Spatial and Individual Variability from New Zealand Populations

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Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent neurotoxin that has been identified in a range of phylogenetically unrelated marine and terrestrial organisms. Tetrodotoxin was recently detected in New Zealand in Pleurobranchaea maculata (the grey side-gilled sea slug). From June 2010 to June 2011 wild specimens were collected from 10 locations around New Zealand. At one site (Narrow Neck Beach, Auckland) up to 10 individuals were collected monthly for 6 months. Attempts were also made to rear P. maculata in c...

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2012-01-01

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Stephen Craig Cary / Susanna A. Wood / Janet Adamson / Paul McNabb / Jarrod Walker / David I. Taylor

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Marine Drugs

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http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/10/1/163/

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tetrodotoxin / Pleurobranchaea maculata / geographic variability / temporal variability / Biology (General)

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