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Changes in the rates of utilization of dissolved compounds during the period of visceral mass regeneration were examined in the crinoid Cenometra bella (Hartlaub). Rates of respiraton and incorporation of labelled amino acids increase, reaching a maximum 2 d after evisceration and returning to normal after 14 d. Rates of incorporation of radioisotope into the organic components of the arms and cirri decrease, while incorporation rate into the visceral mass increases. Incorporation rates of amino acid-derived radioactivity into skeletal carbonate and the ash-free dry weight:protein ratio of arms, cirri and oral disc decrease, reaching a minimum 2 d following evisceration.
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Smith, D.F., Meyer, D.L. & Horner, S.M.J. Amino acid uptake by the comatulid crinoid Cenometra bella (Echinodermata) following evisceration. Mar. Biol. 61, 207–213 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00386661
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