carotenoid vesicle

id: GO:0043702
name: carotenoid vesicle
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A tissue-specific cytoplasmic vesicle surrounded by a membrane half-leaflet within which carotenoid pigments are stored. Carotenoid vescicles are synthesized in xanthophores and erythrophore cells and are yellow, orange or red in appearance.

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