Detailed Record for Platorchestia platensis

Common Name: Sand flea

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Crustacea / Class Malacostraca / Order Amphipoda / Family Talitridae / Genus Platorchestia

C-value (pg): 1.86

Chromosome Number (2n): 50

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Embyro

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg

References:
Libertini, A., R. Trisolini, and M. Rampin (2008). Chromosome number, karyotype morphology, heterochromatin distribution and nuclear DNA content of some talitroidean amphipods (Crustacea: Gammaridea). European Journal of Entomology 105: 53-58.

Other records available for this species:

Platorchestia platensis = 1.82 (pg)
Platorchestia platensis = 1.84 (pg)

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