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Do shrimp have blood in its body, or is it considered iodine, or does it have both?

April 26, 2017blood body Iodine shrimp

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Do shrimp have blood in its body, or is it considered iodine, or does it have both?

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Shrimp have an open circulatory system. Blood is pumped through vessels and pools around their major organs. Iodine (which occures as thyroxine in the fibrous exoskeletal tissues of invertebrates) is used by their lymphatic system, and by the gastric system.