ISSN:
1432-136X
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Summary 1. Clotting processes are considered in eight species of Decapoda showing three processes of coagulation as defined for Crustacea by Tait (1911). 2. In each of these species, the presence of a plasmatic component functionally equivalent to vertebrate fibrinogen is experimentally demonstrated, even in the species of group A in which the extravased hemolymphs are inclottable. 3. Clot formation from this component requires the involvement of a triggering factor occurring in blood cells. In the present case, clotting of fibrinogen from the eight species has been induced byMacropipus puber factor. This suggests a close chemical relationship, if not a total identity, between the triggering factors of all Decapoda. 4. Basic clotting processes in Decapoda appear to be very similar.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00688978
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