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Carotenoid-based immune response in sea cucumbers relies on newly identified coelomocytes -- the carotenocytes
Noé Wambreuse, Estelle Bossiroy, David Frank…·Jérôme Delroisse
This study identifies carotenoid-rich coelomocytes in sea cucumbers, challenging the assumption that hemocytes contain haemoglobin and proposing a new classification as carotenocytes.
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