Detailed Record for Squalus acanthias

Common Name: Piked dogfish shark

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Super Class Gnathostomata / Class Chondrichthyes / Sub Class Elasmobranchii / Super Order Selachimorpha / Order Squaliformes / Family Squalidae / Genus Squalus

C-value (pg): 7.20

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.

Other records available for this species:

Squalus acanthias = 5.80 (pg)
Squalus acanthias = 6.00 (pg)
Squalus acanthias = 6.88 (pg)
Squalus acanthias = 7.00 (pg)

Outlinks:
NCBI Taxonomy Browser
Google Images | Altavista | Yahoo
ITIS
Fishbase