Summary
Latrunculin-A, an ichthyotoxin previously described from a Red Sea sponge,Latrunculia magnifica, has been isolated from a Pacific nudibranch,Chromodoris elisabethina, for which it serves as a defense allomone.
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Okuda, R.K., Scheuer, P.J. Latrunculin-A, ichthyotoxic constituent of the nudibranchChromodoris elisabethina . Experientia 41, 1355–1356 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01952094
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