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SPECIES RECORD

Detailed Record for Ginglymostoma cirratum (3x)

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): 5.70

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Ginglymostoma cirratum = 3.90pg

References:
Kendall, C., S. Valentino, A.B. Bodine, and C.A. Luer (1994). Triploidy in a nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum. Copeia 1994: 825-827.

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