Migratory deficiency of Clithon retropictus hemocytes to Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Escherichia coli.

Hemocytes of a marine gastropod, Nerita albicilla, but not those of an estuarine gastropod, Clithon retropictus, were observed to migrate to live and heat-killed cells of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Escherichia coli through Nucleopore membrane in Blind well chamber. The defective migration of C. retropictus hemocytes might reflect, at least in part, the survival of V. parahaemolyticus in the estuarine gastropod.