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A study of pigments in some developmental stages of Aurelia aurita Lam
Van den Branden, C.; Van den Sande, P.; Decleir, W. (1980). A study of pigments in some developmental stages of Aurelia aurita Lam. Acta Zool. Path. Antverp. 75: 19-28
In: Acta Zoologica et Pathologica Antverpiensia. Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Dierkunde van Antwerpen: Anvers. ISSN 0001-7280, more
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Keywords
    Chemical compounds > Organic compounds > Carbohydrates > Glycosides > Pigments
    Developmental stages
    Polyps
    Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
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  • Van den Branden, C.
  • Van den Sande, P., more
  • Decleir, W., more
Abstract
    Unfed polyps of Aurelia aurita are white. Fed with Artemia salina nauplii they turn to pinkish because of the canthaxanthin present in the food. The deep brown-red colour of strobila and ephyra is due to melanin.
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