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SPECIES RECORD

Detailed Record for Torpedo marmorata

Common Name: Common crampfish

Taxonomy: Phylum Chordata / Sub Phylum Vertebrata / Super Class Gnathostomata / Class Chondrichthyes / Sub Class Elasmobranchii / Super Order Batoidea / Order Torpediniformes / Family Torpedinidae / Genus Torpedo

C-value (pg): 7.00

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Red blood cells

Standard Species: Scyliorhinus canicula = 5.70pg

References:
Stingo, V. (1976). Cariologia di due torpedini italiane. Bollettino di Zoologia 43: 406-407.

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

Stingo, V. (1986). Correlazioni tra quantita di DNA totale e DNA DAPI-positivo in Teleostei e Selachi. Basic and Applied Histochemistry 30 (Suppl.): 164.

Other records available for this species:

Torpedo marmorata = 7.00 (pg)

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