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Haemoglobin function in Terebella lapidaria L., an intertidal terebellid polychaete

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

R. M. G. Wells  and
R. P. Dales
R. M. G. Wells
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Bedford College (University of London), Regent's Park, London NW1 4NS
R. P. Dales
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Bedford College (University of London), Regent's Park, London NW1 4NS
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Terebella lapidaria L. is a small terebellid common in crevices in the mid-littoral zone of rocky shores in the Plymouth area. The coelom contains abundant coelomocytes charged with haemoglobin in sufficient quantity to give the worm a brick-red colour. T. lapidaria also has a discrete vascular system with haemoglobin dissolved in the plasma. When covered by the tide the worm irrigates its burrow intermittently. When revealed by the tide it cannot do so, and is then left in a thin film of water or in moist air for 3–4 h. We thought it was of some interest therefore to determine the oxygen equilibrium characteristics of these pigments.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 55 , Issue 1 , March 1975 , pp. 211 - 220
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1975

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