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chromatophore

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chromatophore /chro·mato·phore/ (-for) any pigmentary cell or color-producing plastid.
chro·mat·o·phore (kr-mt-fôr)
n.
1. A specialized pigment-bearing organelle in certain photosynthetic bacteria and cyanobacteria.
2. A pigment-bearing phagocyte found chiefly in the skin, mucous membrane, and choroid coat of the eye, as well as in melanomas. Also called pigment cell.
3. Variant of chromophore.
chro·mato·phoric (-fôrk) adj.
chromatophore
any pigmentary cell or color-producing plastid.


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Twenty-four hours later, these animals were clearly infected, showing fragile antennas and soft cuticle as well as chromatophore expansion along the whole surface of the body, particularly at the tail fan (telson and uropods).
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Muscles around each chromatophore constrict or expand the cell--when constricted, skin color lightens, when expanded color darkens.
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The reptile's eyes signal the nervous system to trigger chromatophores (pigment-producing cells) beneath the skin surface to contract or expand.
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