Morphological characterization of three phenotypes of the isopod Armadillidium vulgare.

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0749.1994.tb00047.x

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Morphological characterization of three phenotypes of the isopod Armadillidium vulgare.

Pigment cell research - 1 Jun 1994

Negishi S, Hasegawa Y, Martin G, Juchault P, Katakura Y

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The morphological characteristics and ommochrome quantity in the integument of red, white, and wild type (black-grey) Armadillidium vulgare were studied. The red phenotype was found to possess two kinds of immature ommochrome pigment granules within its pigment cells, in addition to mature pigmen...

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Animals
Chromatophores
Crustacea
Extracellular Matrix
Female
Male
Phenotype
Pigments, Biological

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