The specialized pigment cells that are involved in colouration and colour change in animals?
Chromatophores are cells that produce color, of which many types are pigment-containing cells, or groups of cells, found in a wide range of animals including amphibians, fish, reptiles, crustaceans and cephalopods.
Mammals and birds, in contrast, have a class of cells called melanocytes for coloration.
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