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Definition of Chlorocruorin

Chlorocruorin
Chlorocruorin Chlo`ro*cru"o*rin, n. [Gr. ? light green + E. cruorin.] (Physiol.) A green substance, supposed to be the cause of the green color of the blood in some species of worms. --Ray Lankester.

Meaning of Chlorocruorin from wikipedia

- (from Gr**** eruthros "red" + Latin cruor "blood"), and the similar chlorocruorin (from Gr**** khlōros "green" + Latin cruor "blood"), are large oxygen-carrying...
- classifications of respiratory pigment: hemoglobin, hemocyanin, erythrocruorin–chlorocruorin, and hemerythrin. The heme-containing globin is the most commonly-occurring...
- haemoglobin, but some groups have haemerythrin or the green-coloured chlorocruorin, instead. The nervous system consists of a single or double ventral...
- contains not only hemoglobin, but also chlorocruorin. While all sabellids and serpulids employ chlorocruorin as an oxygen transport macromolecule, Ser****...
- of serpulid and sabellid worms contains the oxygen-binding pigment chlorocruorin. This is used to transport oxygen to the tissues. It has an affinity...
- copper(II) and the dioxygen molecules are reduced to peroxide, O2− 2. Chlorocruorin (as the larger carrier erythrocruorin) is an oxygen-binding hemeprotein...
- in their blood. Appears pink/violet when oxygenated, clear when not. Chlorocruorin Found in many annelids, it is very similar to erythrocruorin, but the...
- contain a respiratory pigment – red hemoglobin in some species, green chlorocruorin in others (dissolved in the plasma) – and provide oxygen transport within...
- gut. The blood of S. vermicularis contains the oxygen-binding pigment chlorocruorin. As well as transporting oxygen to the tissues, this binds carbon monoxide...
- out in a tidal manner. In the blood, oxygen is carried by the pigment chlorocruorin. This pigment has a particular affinity for carbon monoxide, and it...