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chromatophore

animal cells that produce color, of which many types are pigment-containing cells
Class type of: color in nature, cell Q504699
chromatophore
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Facts

6 properties
Instance of
cell class, cell type[2]
Subclass of
color in nature, cell[3][4]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[10][11][12][13]
Different from
chromophore[14]
Found in taxon
fish, Amphibia, Crustacea, Cephalopod, Reptilia[5][6][7][8][9]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en chromatophore en chromatocyte en pigment cells en pigment cell en chromatophores ar حامل الصباغ ar حاملة اللون أو ملونة cs Chromatofor cs Chromatofory de Chromatophor de Chromatophore es cromatóforo es cromatoforos es cromatóforos es cromatocito es celula pigmentaria es células pigmentarias es cromatoforo fa سلول‌های رنگدانه‌ای he כרומטופור
🔖 Identifiers · 15
OpenAlex ID
C74167732, C2910540838
Cell Ontology ID
CL_0000147
Cephalopod Ontology ID
0000061
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/chromatophore
Freebase ID
/m/01b1s2
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
kromatoforer_-_zoologi
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
pigmentnye-kletki-fe04e3
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
chromatophores
MeSH descriptor ID
D002856
MeSH tree code
A11.436.265
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
74167732
SNOMED CT ID
256892003
Show all 15 identifiers +3
UMLS CUI
C0008572
Vikidia article ID
fr:Chromatophore
Wellcome Collection concept ID
u2925myf

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🔗 Connections
Found in taxon 5
fish, Reptilia, Amphibia, Crustacea, Cephalopod
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Belongs to 1
Mandarinfish
Different from 1
chromophore
Has these parts 1
reflectin
Instance of 1
cell type
Subclass of 1
cell
Subtypes 1
melanocyte
← Different from 1
chromophore
← Uses 1
Octopoda
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Summary

chromatophore is a cell class[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 39
    Cephalopod Ontology ID → 0000061
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ast', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'eu', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Cephalopod Ontology ID: 0000061, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/157142432|chromatophore (#157142432)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6079|Cephalopod Ont"
  2. 20w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
  3. 21w ago · Bekipediya · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    Local thumb → —
    Different from → chromophore
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q12830024 */"
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