Detailed Record for Ginglymostoma cirratum

Common Name: Nurse shark

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Super Class Gnathostomata / Class Chondrichthyes / Sub Class Elasmobranchii / Super Order Selachimorpha / Order Orectolobiformes / Family Ginglymostomatidae / Genus Ginglymostoma

C-value (pg): 3.80

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg, Sus scrofa = 3.20pg

References:
Kendall, C., S. Valentino, A.B. Bodine, and C.A. Luer (1992). Flow cytometric DNA analysis of nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonaterre) and clearnose skate, Raja eglanteria (Bosc) peripheral red blood cells. Journal of Fish Biology 41: 123-129.

Other records available for this species:

Ginglymostoma cirratum = 4.00 (pg)

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