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Science 31 August 1962:
Vol. 137. no. 3531, pp. 689 - 690
DOI: 10.1126/science.137.3531.689
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Pigment Effector Cells in a Cnidarian

G. O. Mackie 1

1 Department of Zoology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Chromatophore complexes are described in the siphonophore Nanomia cara. The dispersion and concentration of pigment are related to variation in light intensity and do not appear to be endogenously influenced. The pigment, possibly an ommochrome, has an absorption maximum at 465 to 470 mµ.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Siphonophores and the Deep Scattering Layer.
E. G. Barham (1963)
Science 140, 826-828
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