Detailed Record for Bythotrephes longimanus

Common Name: Spiny water flea

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Crustacea / Class Branchiopoda / Order Onychopoda / Family Cercopagididae / Genus Bythotrephes

C-value (pg): 0.31

Method: Feulgen Image Analysis Densitometry

Cell Type: Gills

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg, Oncorhynchus mykiss = 2.60pg

References:
Jeffery, N. W., and T. R. Gregory (2014). Genome size estimates for crustaceans using Feulgen image analysis densitometry of ethanol-preserved tissues. Cytometry Part A 85: 862-868.

Other records available for this species:

Bythotrephes longimanus = 0.27 (pg)

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