Detailed Record for Melicertus kerathurus

Common Name: Caramote prawn

Species (alternate): Penaeus kerathurus

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Crustacea / Class Malacostraca / Order Decapoda / Family Penaeidae / Genus Melicertus

C-value (pg): 2.89

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Gills

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg

References:
Libertini, A., M. Panozzo, and T. Scovacricchi (1990). Nuclear DNA content in Penaeus kerathurus (Forskal, 1775) and P. japonicus Bate, 1888 (Crustacea, Decapoda). 25th European Marine Biology Symposium E.M.B.S., Ferrara, Italy, Sept. 10-15 : .

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