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The action spectrum for the hatching ofArtemia cysts and the results of illumination experiments with decapsulated cysts suggest that a haempigment may be involved in light-induced hatching. The screening role of haematin is proposed. Starting from the assumption that haematin and the photoreceptor are both haempigments, we can attribute a hatching delaying or photoreceptor protective function to haematin.
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Van der Linden, A., Vankerckhoven, I., Caubergs, R. et al. Action spectroscopy of light-induced hatching ofArtemia cysts (Branchiopoda: Crustacea). Mar. Biol. 91, 239–243 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00569439
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