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SPECIES RECORD

Detailed Record for Octolasion cyaneum

Common Name: Woodland blue earthworm

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

C-value (pg): 0.65

Chromosome Number (2n): 190

Method: Feulgen Image Analysis Densitometry

Cell Type: Coelomocytes

Standard Species: Eisenia fetida = 0.70pg

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

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