Detailed Record for Homarus americanus

Common Name: American lobster

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Crustacea / Class Malacostraca / Super Order G / Order Decapoda / Family Nephropidae / Genus Homarus

C-value (pg): 3.13

Method: Feulgen Image Analysis Densitometry

Cell Type: Gills

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg, Oncorhynchus mykiss = 2.60pg

References:
Jeffery, N. W., and T. R. Gregory (2014). Genome size estimates for crustaceans using Feulgen image analysis densitometry of ethanol-preserved tissues. Cytometry Part A 85: 862-868.

Other records available for this species:

Homarus americanus = 3.97 (pg)
Homarus americanus = 4.40 (pg)
Homarus americanus = 4.75 (pg)

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