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ob;93247 said:Check for sequestration vs pigmentation, just for fun. The swelling might be secondary, as is true for most animals, most of the time (cytokine mediated immune response or blocking of efferent structures), I would suggest.
OMG, I just realized I have no proper understanding of cephalopods' humoral and cellular immune response, whatsoever
Yeah, I was struck by the news a few months back about how one of the big results for the sea urchin genome work was that echinoderms and vertebrates share some immune system traits, which made me realize I have no idea how non-deuterostome immune systems differ...