The Colours OfOphiocomina Nigra(Abildgaard): III. Carotenoid Pigments
- 1 February 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
- Vol. 42 (1) , 33-47
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400004446
Abstract
The red to orange-yellow colours of the ophiuroid,Ophiocomina nigra, are due to carotenoid pigments contained in specialized lipocytes. These cells are dendritic, with their cell bodies located in the dermis below a melanocyte layer and with dendrites approaching, but not penetrating, the epidermis. The lipocytes are either yellow or orange-red.Five principal pigments were detected in addition to two minor constituents, at least one of which may be an artifact. These major pigments are: β-carotene, an acid carotenoid similar to mytiloxanthin, and four xanthophylls of uncertain identity.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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