A pigment cell derived from the neural crest. The cell contains flat light-reflecting platelets, probably of guanine, in stacks called reflecting platets or iridisomes. The color-generating components produce a silver, gold, or iridescent color. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_curator ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
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Subclass of:
- pigment cell
- neural crest-derived structure
- mesoderm-derived structure
- part of some tapetum lucidum
- part of some argentum
- existence starts during or after some pharyngula:high-pec
- part of some integument
- develops from some iridoblast