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Pigment-components from skins of Asteroidea (Asterina pectinifera, Aphelasterias japonica, Henricia nipponica, Solaster borealis, Dipsacaster pretiosus and Asterins amurensis) have teen examined. From back skins of Asterina pectinifera, astacene was isolated and found that the natural pigment-components consisted of astaxanthin-chromoproteid.
