Detailed Record for Homarus americanus

Common Name: American lobster

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Crustacea / Class Malacostraca / Order Decapoda / Sub Order Pleocyemata / Infra Order Astacidea / Family Nephropidae / Genus Homarus

C-value (pg): 4.75

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Antennal gland

Standard Species: Anguilla anguilla = 1.60pg

References:
Deiana, A.M., A. Cau, E. Coluccia, R. Cannas, A. Milia, S. Salvadori, and A. Libertini (1999). Genome size and AT-DNA content in thirteen species of decapoda In: Crustaceans and the Biodiversity Crisis, edited by F.R. Schram and J.C. von Vaupel Klein. Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. 981-985.

Other records available for this species:

Homarus americanus = 3.13 (pg)
Homarus americanus = 3.97 (pg)
Homarus americanus = 4.40 (pg)

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