HAEMOCYTES OF THE FRESHWATER SNAIL VIVIPARUS ATER (GASTROPODA, PROSOBRANCHIA)
- 10 August 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Molluscan Studies
- Vol. 55 (3) , 379-382
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/55.3.379
Abstract
Morphological and functional characteristics of the haemocytes of Viviparus ater were studied. Only one cell type occurs in the haemolymph: the spreading haemocyte. These cells have the same functions as blood cells belonging to the spreading type found in other gastropods. It is also suggested that the spreading haemocytes represent the ancestral cell responsible for defence mechanisms.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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