Detailed Record for Dasyatis violacea

Common Name: Pelagic stingray

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Super Class Gnathostomata / Class Chondrichthyes / Sub Class Elasmobranchii / Super Order Batoidea / Order Rajiformes / Family Dasyatidae / Genus Dasyatis

C-value (pg): 6.85

Chromosome Number (2n): 58

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Scyliorhinus canicula = 5.70pg

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

Other records available for this species:

Dasyatis violacea = 4.80 (pg)

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