Collected reprints: Abstract 3702

Collected reprints

Abstract

Van den Branden, C.; Van den Sande, P.; Decleir, W. (1980). A study of pigments in some developmental stages of Aurelia aurita Lam.. Acta Zool. Pathol. Antverp. 75: 19-28

Unfed polyps of Aurelia aurita are white. Fed with Artemia salina nauplii they turn to pinkish because of the canthaxanthin present in the food. The deep brown-red colour of strobila and ephyra is due to melanin.

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