Morphological Analysis of the Hemolymph Cell Composition in the Bivalve Mollusk &lt;i&gt;Anadara&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;broughtonii&lt;/i&gt; Schrenck, 1867 (Sea of Japan)
Journal: Биология моря
Year: 2023

The hemolymph cells of the ark clam Anadara broughtonii were examined using light microscopy, flow cytometry and gradient centrifugation. All three methods of analysis made it possible to identify two main types of cells in the hemolymph of the ark clam Anadara broughtonii – large granular erythrocytes and small agra-nular amebocytes. Erythrocytes accounted for 95.6 ± 0.9% of the total number of hemolymph cells. Erythrocytes were hemoglobin-containing cells with a great number of granules in the