Proceedings: Animal Sciences

, Volume 88, Issue 5, pp 329–337 | Cite as

A comparative account of coelomocytes and haemocytes of five species of earthworms

  • Radha D Kale
  • R V Krishnamoorthy
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Abstract

Coelomocytes and haemocytes of 5 local species of earthworms were studied. The structure of different cells is the same in different species. The total and differential account of the haemocytes showed some species specificity.Perionyx excavatus, a species that can be adapted to a wide range of temperature, on acclimation to 8° C cold, did not show any significant change in the total count of cells, but did show some changes in the density of different stages of eleocytes.

Keywords

Earthworm coelomocytes haemocytes total count differential count acclimation 
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© Indian Academy of Sciences 1979

Authors and Affiliations

  • Radha D Kale
    • 1
  • R V Krishnamoorthy
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of ZoologyUniversity of Agricultural SciencesBangalore

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