haemocyanin

See also: Hämocyanin

English

Etymology

From haemo- +‎ cyan +‎ -in.

Noun

haemocyanin (countable and uncountable, plural haemocyanins)

1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of hemocyanin
   • 1987, Frauke Strazny, Steven F. Perry, “A: VI: Respiratory Structure: System and Structure”, in Wolfgang Nentwig, editor, Ecophysiology of Spiders, Springer, page 84:

     It now appears that in spite of great differences in structure, molluscan and arthropod haemocyanins have a common molecular origin (Schneider et al., cited in Linzen et al. 1985a).

   • 2005, Pradip V. Jabde, Text Book Of General Physiology, Discovery Publishing House, page 134:

     Haemocyanin : Out of these four respiratory blood pigments, haemocyanin ranks next in importance to haemoglobin.

   • 2013, Isobel S. M. Bloor, Martin J. Attrill, Emma L. Jackson, “A Review of the Factors Influencing Spawning, Early Life Stage Survival and Recruitment Variability in the Common Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)”, in Michael Lesser, editor, Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 65, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 51:

     S. officinalis uses the blood pigment haemocyanin which has a limited capacity for carrying oxygen (3 mM) and thus rely on fully oxygenating haemocyanin at the gills and releasing the majority of the bound oxygen as it passes through the body (Melzner et al. 2007b).

See also

• chlorocruorin
• haemerythrin
• haemoglobin