Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-t7fkt Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-05T11:36:01.167Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Naphthaquinone pigments in Psammechinus miliaris (Gmelin)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

M. Yoshida
Affiliation:
Zoology Department Bedford College, University of London

Extract

Since MacMunn (1885), the nature and distribution of naphthaquinone pigments in sea urchins have been widely surveyed, and the main findings have been summarized in reviews by Lederer (1952), Fox (1953) and Thomson (1957). Among spinochromes and echinochromes, the most unusual one is the Spinochrome E discovered by Lederer (1952), which is insoluble in ether.

Recently, the author has examined the napthaquinone pigment in the echinoid, Psammechinus miliaris (Gmel.), and has found a similar pigment to Spinochrome E together with other common spinochromes.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1959

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)