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chromatophore

  1. cuttlefish
    Chromatophores enable the cuttlefish to change color in a split-second
    A cell with pigment as granules in its cytoplasm. In many vertebrates (e.g., chameleon, frog), crustaceans, and cephalopods, rapidly changing concentration or dispersion of the pigment granules with the cell alters the color of the animal.

  2. In plants, a chromoplast.

  3. In bacteria and cyanobacteria (prokaryotic organisms), membrane-bounded vesicles – thylakoids – bearing photosynthtic pigments.

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