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Appearance
Respiratory Proteins
name | metal | color when oxygenated | color when reduced | species |
hemoglobin | iron | red | blue | mammals, birds |
hemocyanin | copper | colorless | blue | crustaceans, spiders, some molluscs |
hemerythrin | iron | violet-pink | lemon yellow | worms (sipunculids, priapulids, brachiopods, and Magelona |
chlorocruorin | red | blue | some marine worms (spirograpids) | |
cytoglobin | ||||
erythrocruorin |