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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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There are four
major classifications of
respiratory pigment: hemoglobin,
hemocyanin, erythrocruorin–chlorocruorin, and hemerythrin. The heme-containing globin...
- were long
thought unnecessary in insects, but
ancestral and
functional hemocyanin has been
found in the hemolymph.
Insect "blood"
generally does not carry...
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Keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) is a large, multisubunit, oxygen-carrying,
metalloprotein that is
found in the
hemolymph of the
giant keyhole limpet, Megathura...
- blue
blood may
refer to: Hemolymph,
circulatory fluid colored blue by
hemocyanin, a
respiratory protein evident in most
molluscs and some
arthropods Nobility...
- hemoglobin, the
hemocyanin is not
bound to
cells but is
simply dissolved in the hemolymph, the
fluid part of the blood.
Keyhole limpet hemocyanin from Megathura...
- drop to 3% of its
total oxygen uptake. The octopus'
respiratory pigment,
hemocyanin, also ****ists in
increasing oxygen uptake.
Octopuses can
maintain a constant...
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leukocytes and the second-most
common respiratory pigment called hemocyanin.: 488
Arthropod hemocyanin is a
distinct variation specific to
arthropods and is a...
- skeleton. The
blood of
these molluscs contains the
respiratory pigment hemocyanin as an oxygen-carrier. The
heart consists of one or more
pairs of atria...
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appears to be the only
members of
Arachnida where the
respiratory pigment hemocyanin is
present in
their blood. One of the long-running
controversies in arachnid...
