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SPECIES RECORD

Detailed Record for Echinaster sepositus

Common Name: Red starfish

Taxonomy: Phylum Echinodermata / Sub Phylum Asterozoa / Class Stelleroidea / Sub Class Asteroidea / Order Spinulosida / Family Echinasteridae / Genus Echinaster

C-value (pg): 0.76

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Haemocytes

Standard Species: Mytilus galloprovincialis = 1.92pg

References:
Fafandel, M., N. Bihari, Smodlaka, and S. Ravlic (2008). Hemocytes/coelomocytes DNA content in five marine invertebrates: cell cycles and genome sizes. Biologia 63: 730-736.

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