Detailed Record for Hexanchus griseus

Common Name: Bluntnose sixgill shark

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Super Class Gnathostomata / Class Chondrichthyes / Sub Class Elasmobranchii / Super Order Selachimorpha / Order Hexanchiformes / Family Hexanchidae / Genus Hexanchus

C-value (pg): 5.35

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Scyliorhinus canicula = 5.70pg

References:
Stingo, V. (1979). New developments in vertebrate cytotaxonomy, II. The chromosomes of the cartilaginous fishes. Genetica 50: 227-239.

Stingo, V., M.-H. Du Buit, and G. Odierna (1980). Genome size of some selachian fishes. Bollettino di Zoologia 47: 129-137.

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