Detailed Record for Microcaris fortunata

Common Name: Atlantic hydrothermal vent shrimp

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Crustacea / Class Malacostraca / Order Decapoda / Sub Order Pleocyemata / Infra Order Caridea / Family Alvinocarididae / Genus Microcaris

C-value (pg): 9.00

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Not specified

Standard Species: Not specified

References:
Dixon, D.R., L.R.J. Dixon, P.L. Pascoe, and J.T. Wilson (2001). Chromosomal and nuclear characteristics of deep-sea hydrothermal-vent organisms: correlates of increased growth rate. Marine Biology 139: 251-255.

D.R. Dixon. Personal Communication

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