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Haeckel (1862) was the pioneer in reporting that the hemolymph cells of molluscs are capable of phagocytosis. Since that initial report, a number of individuals have demonstrated the phagocytosis of nonself materials by molluscan cells (see Feng, 1967; Cheng, 1967; for reviews).
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Cheng, T.C. (1977). Biochemical and Ultrastructural Evidence for the Double Role of Phagocytosis in Molluscs: Defense and Nutrition. In: Bulla, L.A., Cheng, T.C. (eds) Comparative Pathobiology. Comparative Pathobiology, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7299-2_2
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