Presence of Coelomocytes in the Primitive Chordate Amphioxus ( Branchiostoma lanceolatum )

16 July 1982

journal article
research article
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 217 (4556) , 263-265
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7089565

Abstract

Previously undescribed free and fixed cells in the coelomic cavity of B. lanceolatum respond immunologically to particulate antigens. This species is an important model for future investigations of the phylogeny of the immune system.

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