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Eucypris virens (Crustacea : Ostracoda) is a common ostracod with green patches on the valves of its carapace. When treated with yellow nitric acid these green patches become purple, then red, orange and finally yellow. This sequence is typical of the later stages of the Gmelin reaction, indicating the presence of a bile pigment.
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GREEN, J. Bile Pigment in Eucypris virens (Jurine). Nature 196, 1318–1319 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1961318b0
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