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Pigmentation and carotenoid metabolism of the marine isopod Idotea metallica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Peter J. Herring
Peter J. Herring
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National Institute of Oceanography, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey
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Idotea metallica Bosc is a dark-brown or blue-black species, its colour being controlled largely by the degree of expansion of, and pigment concentration in, the dermal chromatophores. In addition, the iridophores produce the characteristic metallic sheen by Tyndall scattering.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 49 , Issue 3 , August 1969 , pp. 767 - 779
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1969

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