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SPECIES RECORD

Detailed Record for Geodia cydonium

Common Name: Sponge

Taxonomy: Phylum Porifera / Class Demospongiae / Order Choristida / Family Geodiidae / Genus Geodia

C-value (pg): 1.80

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Somatic cells

Standard Species: Homo sapiens = 3.50pg

References:
Imsiecke, G., M. Custodio, R. Borojevic, R. Steffen, M.A. Moustafa, and W.E.G. Müller (1995). Genome size and chromosomes in marine sponges (Suberites domuncula, Geodia cydonium). Cell Biology International 19: 995-1000.

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