Meanings
nounrhogocyte (plural rhogocytes)
plural rhogocytes
- A pore cell, in molluscs, that produces hemocyanin.
The hemolymph spaces of the open circulatory system showed a weaker signal, suggesting a lower hemocyanin concentration in the hemolymph compared to the rhogocyte subcellular compartments.
2015 October 22, “On the Ultrastructure and Function of Rhogocytes from the Pond Snail Lymnaea stagnalis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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