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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A red coloring-matter found in the corpuscles of the fluid in the body-cavity of gephyreans, probably having a respiratory function like the hemoglobin of other animals. Also
hemærythrin .
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- noun biochemistry A
respiratory pigment found insipunculids ,priapulids andbrachiopods .
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I just posted about the priapalids or "penis worms", whose blood used hemerythrin lacks porphyrin rather than hemoglobin to transport oxygen. their blood is pinkish-violet.
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