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Hemocyanins (also
spelled haemocyanins and
abbreviated Hc) are
proteins that
transport oxygen throughout the
bodies of some
invertebrate animals. These...
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haemocoel by a
heart located near the dorsum.
Malacostraca have
haemocyanin as the oxygen-carrying pigment,
while copepods, ostracods, barnacles...
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unusual shade of green-blue,
because it uses the copper-containing
protein haemocyanin to
carry oxygen instead of the red, iron-containing
protein haemoglobin...
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circulatory system. In
scorpions and some spiders, however, the
blood contains haemocyanin, a copper-based
pigment with a
similar function to
haemoglobin in vertebrates...
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which carries the most
commonly used
respiratory pigment, copper-based
haemocyanin as the
oxygen transporter.
Haemoglobin is only used by a few arthropods...
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conditions with low
oxygen levels,
haemocyanin transports oxygen more
efficiently than haemoglobin. The
haemocyanin is
dissolved in the
plasma instead...
- segments, and
there is an open
circulatory system with a heart,
using haemocyanin to
carry oxygen in the
haemolymph to the tissues. The
uptake and excretion...
- that
resulted from
increased atmospheric CO2.
Organisms that
relied on
haemocyanin or
haemoglobin for
transporting oxygen were more
resistant to extinction...
- with all crustaceans, they are
extremely averse to
copper due to
their haemocyanin blood.
Caridina multidentata mate in
freshwater streams and marshes....
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flows into the body cavity, and back to the heart. The
blood contains haemocyanin, a blue copper-based
pigment performing the same
function as haemoglobin...
