Detailed Record for Ooperipatus hispidus
Common Name: Velvet worm
Taxonomy: Phylum Onychophora / Class Udeonycophora / Order Onychophorida / Family Peripatopsidae / Genus Ooperipatus
C-value (pg): 4.88
Method: Flow Cytometry
Cell Type: Antennae, Legs
Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg
References:
Jeffery, N.W., I.S. Oliveira, T.R. Gregory, D.M. Rowell, and G. Mayer (2012). Genome size and chromosome number in velvet worms (Onychophora). Genetica 140: 497–504.
Other records available for this species:
Ooperipatus hispidus = 5.25 (pg)Outlinks:
NCBI Taxonomy Browser
Google Images | Altavista | Yahoo
ITIS