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Name 3 organism contain hemolymph

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Invertebrates such as mollusks, crustaceans, and annelids have hemolymph, which carries different oxygen-binding pigments like hemocyanin in mollusks and crustaceans, and hemerythrin in some annelids.

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Organisms that contain hemolymph instead of blood include various invertebrates. Hemolymph is a mixture of blood and interstitial fluid that is found in insects and other arthropods as well as most mollusks. Three examples of organisms that contain hemolymph are:

  • Mollusks (utilize hemocyanin, a blue-green copper-containing protein)
  • Crustaceans (also use hemocyanin)
  • Annelids (use hemerythrin, a red, iron-containing protein)

These organisms employ different respiratory pigments, such as hemocyanin, which binds oxygen using copper, giving the hemolymph a characteristic blue-green color.

In contrast to hemoglobin found in vertebrates, hemocyanin found in mollusks and arthropods is not carried in blood cells but is free-floating in the hemolymph. Finally, some polychaete worms and annelids use hemerythrin for oxygen transport, although its oxygen-carrying capacity is inferior compared to hemoglobin.

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Spiders, crustaceans, and insects carry hemolymph.

Hemolymp is a fluid that circulates inside an anthropod's body and is in direct contact with its tissues.

It is the major tissue type of organism that have open circulatory system. The organisms stated above all have open circulatory system which contains hemolymp.

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