Detailed Record for Menippe mercenaria

Common Name: Florida stone crab

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Crustacea / Class Malacostraca / Order Decapoda / Infra Order Brachyura / Family Menippidae / Genus Menippe

C-value (pg): 1.80

Method: Static Cell Fluorometry

Cell Type: Heart cells

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg

References:
Jiminez, A.G., S.T. Kinsey, R.M. Dillaman, and D.F. Kapraun (2010). Nuclear DNA content variation associated with muscle fiber hypertrophic growth in decapod crustaceans. Genome 53: 161-171.

Other records available for this species:

Menippe mercenaria = 2.66 (pg)

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