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SPECIES RECORD

Detailed Record for Mirocaris fortunata

Common Name: Hydrothermal vent shrimp

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

C-value (pg): 11.50

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Muscle cells

Standard Species: Triticum aestivum (plant standard - not recommended) = 15.45pg

References:
Bonnivard, E., O. Catrice, J. Ravaux, S.C. Brown, and D. Higuet (2009). Survey of genome size in 28 hydrothermal vent species covering 10 families. Genome 52: 524-536.

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