The multiplication or reproduction of hemocytes, resulting in the expansion of the cell population. Hemocytes are blood cells associated with a hemocoel (the cavity containing most of the major organs of the arthropod body) which are involved in defense and clotting of hemolymph, but not involved in transport of oxygen. [ GOC:mtg_sensu GOC:bf ]
Synonyms: arthropod blood cell proliferation
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- cell population proliferation
- immune system process
- in taxon only Arthropoda
- only in taxon some Arthropoda
- acts on population of some hemocyte (sensu Arthropoda)