a blue copper-containing respiratory pigment in crustaceans and molluscs that functions as haemoglobin
Examples of 'haemocyanin' in a sentence
haemocyanin
The parasitized individuals showed a reduction of the body mass and a diminution of both protein and haemocyanin levels.
Lorena P. Astete-Espinoza, Cristian W. Caceres M 2000, 'Efecto del parasitismo del isópodo bopírido Ionella agassizi (Isopoda: Epicaridea)(Bornnier, 1900) sobre la fisiología nutricional del nape Neotrypaea uncinata (M.Edwards, 1837) (Decapoda: Thalassinidea) Effects of parasitism in nutritional physiologyof the ghost shrimp Neotrypaea uncinata parasitized by the isopod Ionella agassizi',Revista Chilena de Historia Naturalhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2000000200003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
During further warming, dissolved oxygen levels in the venous compartment decrease below the threshold of full haemocyanin oxygen saturation.
Folco eGiomi, Hans O Poertner 2013, 'A role for haemolymph oxygen capacity in heat tolerance of eurythermal crabs.', Frontiers in Physiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2013.00110/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)