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SPECIES RECORD

Detailed Record for Eisenia fetida

Common Name: Manure earthworm

Taxonomy: Phylum Annelida / Class Oligochaeta / Order Haplotaxida / Family Lumbricidae / Genus Eisenia

C-value (pg): 0.70

Method: Feulgen Image Analysis Densitometry

Cell Type: Sperm, Testes

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg

References:
Gregory, T.R. and P.D.N. Hebert (2002). Genome size estimates for some oligochaete annelids. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80: 1485-1489.

Other records available for this species:

Eisenia fetida = 0.70 (pg)

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