Do All Animals Have Red Blood?
Friday, October 3rd, 2008The color of blood is related to the compounds that transport oxygen. Hemoglobin, containing iron, is red and found in all vertebrates (animals having a backbone) and a few invertebrates (animals lacking a backbone). Annelids (segmented worms) have either a green pigment, chlorocruorin, or a red pigment, hemerythrin. Some crustaceans (arthropods having divided bodies and generally having gills) have a blue pigment, hemocyanin, in their blood.
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