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The authors investigated the carotenoids in the hermit crab, Clibanarius misanthropus (Risso), from the Black Sea. By means of columnar and thin-layer chromatography the following carotenoids were found to be present in that species; β-carotene, canthaxanthin, lutein, astaxanthin and some kind of polioxyxanthophill.
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Czeczuga, B., Czerpak, R. Carotenoids in the hermit crab Clibanarius misanthropus (Crustacea, Paguridae) from the Black Sea. Mar. Biol. 4, 24–27 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00372162
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