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. 2022 Apr 8;13:826255. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.826255

Table 1.

Haemocyte subpopulations in bivalve mollusc species.

SPECIES HAEMOCYTE TYPES REFERENCES
G sG H sH B Other cells
graphic file with name fimmu-13-826255-g002.jpg CLAMS (32 species)
Family Astartidae
Astarte borealis (*Mactra veneriformis) G P sG AG (Small & Large) (40) P
Family Cardiidae
Tridacna crocea G H Morula-like (41)
Tridacna maxima 2types (42)
Family Cyrenidae
Corbicula japonica 2types H sH (43)
Villorita cyprinoides G (44)
Family Hiatellidae
Panopea globosa G OXP H sH (45) OXP
Family Laternulidae
Laternula elliptica G AG (46)
Family Mactrinae
Mactra antiquata
(*Coelomactra antiquata)
G sG H (47)
Spisula solidissima G AG (18)
Family Mesodesmatidae
Amarilladesma mactroides (*Mesodesma mactroides) G H (48)
Paphies ventricosa G H (49)
Family Myidae
Mya arenaria G AG (50)
G H (51)
Family Psammobiidae
Hiatula diphos (*Sanguinolaria diphos) G sG H (47)
Family Semelidae
Scrobicularia plana 2types AG (52)
Family Solecurtidae
Tagelus plebeius G H (53)
Family Tellinidae
Tellinimactra edentula (*Macoma edentula) G H (54)
Family Veneridae
Callista chione 2types 2types (55)
Chamelea gallina G H (56)
Leukoma thaca (*Protothaca thaca) G H (57)
Macrocallista nimbosa Haemocyte (58)
Meretrix lusoria G sG H Fibrocyte (59)
G sG H B (60)
G P sG H (61) P
Meretrix meretrix G sG AG, Lymphoid cell (62)
Meretrix petechialis G B AG, Degranulated cell (63)
Mercenaria campechiensis G AG (64)
Mercenaria mercenaria G P H Fibrocyte (6567) P
2types B AG (68)
Paratapes undulatus (*Paphia undulata) G sG H (47)
2types 2types (69)
Protapes gallus (*Paphia malabarica) G AG (70)
Ruditapes decussatus 3types P H (71, 72) P
G ox H Intermediate cell (73) ox
Ruditapes philippinarum (*Tapes philippinarum) G H B Serous cell (74)
G OXP H B (29, 75) OXP
Sunetta scripta G AG (44)
Family Vesicomyidae
Abyssogena phaseoliformis 2types Erythrocyte (76)
Phreagena okutanii 2types Erythrocyte
graphic file with name fimmu-13-826255-g003.jpg COCKLES (2 species)
Family Cardiidae
Cerastoderma edule G H Type III cell (77)
2types AG, Type III eosynophil (78)
Cerastoderma glaucum 2types P 2types (79) P
graphic file with name fimmu-13-826255-g004.jpg ARK CLAMS (9 species)
Family Arcidae
Anadara antiquata Red cells,
White cells, Thrombus cells
(80)
Anadara broughtonii (*Scapharca broughtonii) Red cells, White cells, Platelets (81)
G OXP H B Erythrocyte I & II (82) OXP
Anadara inaequivalvis (*Scapharca inaequivalvis) 3types Erythrocyte (83)
3types AG, Fibrocyte,
Monocyte, Platelets
(84)
Anadara kagoshimensis (*Scapharca subcrenata) G H Erythrocyte (85)
Amebocyte, Erythrocyte, Intermediate cell (86)
G OXP H B Erythrocyte I & II (82) OXP
Anadara trapezia Amebocyte, Erythrocyte (87)
Lunarca ovalis (*Anadara ovalis) G AG, Erythrocyte (64)
Senilia senilis (*Anadara senilis) Red cells, White cells, Platelets (88)
Tegillarca granosa 2types H (89)
G OXP H B Erythrocyte I & II (82) OXP
Tegillarca rhombea G Red cells, AG, Platelets (90)
graphic file with name fimmu-13-826255-g005.jpg RAZOR SHELLS OR RAZOR CLAMS (3 species)
Family Pharidae
Ensis leei (*Ensis directus) G sG H sH Vesicular cell (91)
Ensis siliqua 2types AG (78)
Sinonovacula constricta G P H SemiG (92) P
graphic file with name fimmu-13-826255-g006.jpg SCALLOPS (4 species)
Family Pectinidae
Argopecten irradians G P sG H sH (93) P
Argopecten purpuratus G H (94)
Azumapecten farreri (*Chlamys farreri) G H (95)
2 types P sG H sH (96) P
Nodipecten subnodosus H B (97)
H B SemiG (98)
graphic file with name fimmu-13-826255-g007.jpg MARINE MUSSELS (21 species)
Family Mytilidae
Aulacomya atra (*Aulacomya ater) G H (99)
Bathymodiolus azoricus G P H B (100, 101) P
Bathymodiolus japonicus 2types AG (102)
Gigantidas platifrons (*Bathymodiolus platifrons") 2types AG
Bathymodiolus septemdierum 2types AG
Brachidontes pharaonis G sG H (103)
Modiolus kurilensis G B AG, SemiG (104)
G B AG (35)
Modiolus modiolus G H SemiG (105)
Mytella strigata (*Mytella falcata) G AG (106)
Mytilisepta virgata G P H B (107) P
Mytilus californianus G AG (2types) (108)
Mytilus chilensis G P H (109) P
Mytilus edulis G P Lymphoid cell, Macrophage (110) P
2 types AG (111)
G H Basophil (112)
Mytilus galloprovincialis 3types P H (113) P
G ox H SemiG (Small & Large) (114) ox
G H (115)
Mytilus platensis (*Mytilus edulis desolationis) G H (99)
Mytilus trossulus G AG (116)
Mytilus unguiculatus (*Mytilus coruscus) G OXP H B (117) OXP
Perna canaliculus 2types H (118)
G OXP H B (119) OXP
Perna perna G P H (120) P
G H B SemiG (121)
Perna viridis G OXP H (122) OXP
G H B SemiG (Small & Large) (123)
Xenostrobus securis G OXP H B (124) OXP
graphic file with name fimmu-13-826255-g008.jpg FRESHWATER MUSSELS (18 species)
Family Dreissenidae
Dreissena bugensis G H B (125)
Dreissena polymorpha G H (126)
G H B 127)
Family Hyriidae
Diplodon chilensis G P H B (128) P
Family Mycetopodidae
Anodontites trapesiali G H sH B (129)
Family Unionidae
Amblema plicata 2types P AG (Small & Large) (130, 131) P
Anodonta anatina G H (132)
Anodonta cygnea G H (133)
2types H B Vesicular cell (134)
Anodonta woodiana G H AG, Lymphoidocyte (135)
Cristaria plicata G sG H Lymphoid cell (136)
Elliptio complanata G H (137)
Hyriopsis bialata G AG (Small & Large) (138)
Lamellidens marginalis G OXP H B AG, Asterocyte (139, 140) OXP
Lampsilis rafinesqueana G H (141)
Quadrula sp. 2types P AG (Small & Large) (131, 142) P
Solenaia oleivora G sG H Lymphoid cell (143)
Sinohyriopsis schlegelii (*Hyriopsis schlegeli) G H Serous cell, Lymphoid cell, Spindly cell, Thrombocyte (144)
Sinohyriopsis cumingii (*Hyriopsis cumingii) G P H (145) P
G H Lymphocyte, Spindly cell, Thrombocyte (146)
Unio pictorum G H (147)
graphic file with name fimmu-13-826255-g009.jpg OYSTERS (17 species)
Family Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa hyotis G OXP H B (148) OXP
Family Ostreidae
Alectryonella plicatula (*Ostrea plicatula) 2types 2types 2types (69)
Crassostrea brasiliana (*Crassostrea gasar) G H B (149)
Crassostrea ariakensis G H sH (150)
G OXP H B (151) OXP
Crassostrea corteziensis G H (152)
Crassostrea gigas G H sH (153)
G H Small AG (154) ox
G H B (155)
G OXP AG, SemiG (156) OXP
Crassostrea hongkongensis G OXP H (157) OXP
G AG, SemiG (158)
Crassostrea madrasensis G H SemiG (159)
Crassostrea nippona G OXP H B (160) OXP
Crassostrea rhizophorae G H (161)
G B AG (162)
Crassostrea plicatula 2types P 2types 2types (163) P
Crassostrea virginica G H Fibrocyte (164)
G sG H (165)
G sG H sH (166)
G OXP H Intermediate cells (167) OXP
Ostrea chilensis (*Tiostrea chilensis) 2types H Serous cell (168)
2types OXP H (169) OXP
Ostrea circumpicta G OXP H B (148) OXP
Ostrea edulis G P H sH (153, 170) P
2types sG H sH (171)
Saccostrea cuccullata G H (172)
Saccostrea glomerata 5types OXP H B (173) OXP
G H Small AG (174)
Saccostrea kegaki G OXP H B (148) OXP
graphic file with name fimmu-13-826255-g010.jpg PEARL OYSTERS (3 species)
Family Margaritidae
Pinctada imbricata G P sG H B Serous cell (175) P
Pinctada fucata G H sH (176)
Pinctada margaritifera G H sH (177)
graphic file with name fimmu-13-826255-g011.jpg PEN SHELLS and WING SHELLS (2 species) graphic file with name fimmu-13-826255-g012.jpg
Family Pinnidae
Pinna nobilis 3types 2types sH (178)
3types H (179)
Family Pteriidae
Pteria hirundo G H sH B (180)

p: Species in which granulocytes show higher phagocytosis capacity than hyalinocytes.

ox: Species in which granulocytes show higher oxidative activity through ROS production than hyalinocytes.

Species in bold: haemocyte subpopulations vary according to different authors for the same species.

*synonym.

G, granulocyte; sG, small granulocyte; H, hyalinocyte; sH, small hyalinocyte; B, blast-like cell; AG, agranulocyte; SemiG, semigranulocyte.