Phestilla sibogae

There are many reasons why so few natural chemical inducers have been fully characterized. Larvae may respond to specific cues that are present only at very low concentrations therefore, obtaining adequate amounts of these inducers for purification and structural work may be problematic. The problem of adequate material may be particularly troublesome for the waterborne inducers and has hampered the study of the water-soluble cue from Porites corals that induces settlement in Phestilla sibogae. A second problem is the low number of collaborations between natural products chemists and larval biologists in the study of natural chemical inducers. However,... 

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Hadfield, M.G. and Ciereszko, L.S., Action of cembranolides derived from octocorals on larvae of the Nudibranch Phestilla sibogae, in Drugs and Food from the Sea, Kaul, P. K. and Sindermann, C. J., Eds., University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, 1978, 145. 

Pennington, J.T. M.G. Hadfield. 1989. Larvae of a nudibranch mollusc Phestilla sibogae) metamorphose when exposed to common organic solvents. Biol. Bull. 177 350-355. 

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