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Hæmoglobin in a Flatworm

Nature volume 197, pages 1118–1119 (1963)Cite this article

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ALTHOUGH the presence of hæmoglobin in free-living flatworms (Turbellaria) has been recorded by several authors1–4, the pigment has not yet been investigated in detail. A large sample of the rhabdoccel. Phaenocora unipunctata (Orsted 1843), was obtained from mud from Coe Fen, Cambridge. These worms were found to contain hæmoglobin, and a preliminary examination was made of the properties of this pigment and its distribution within the tissues of the animal.

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  1. MALCOLM H. SMITH

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    D. W. T. CROMPTON & MALCOLM H. SMITH

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CROMPTON, D., SMITH, M. Hæmoglobin in a Flatworm. Nature 197, 1118–1119 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1971118b0

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